Adam, 48, from Cambridgeshire, commutes to central London several times a week.

We would go on the plane back and forth together all the time, because we were both commuting from LA.

Daniel, 19, who also commutes to university via Manchester Victoria, said he usually aimed to arrive an hour early in anticipation of cancellations disrupting his journey.

Fauzia is a trained hairdresser, but cannot work because of her mammoth commute.

Shortly afterwards, Renae Lawrence, then 41, the only woman among the group, had her sentence commuted after spending almost 13 years in prison and returned to Australia the same year.