By Richard Spillett and Jack Crone A British investigator and his American wife have been jailed in China today after being convicted of  illegally trading the personal details of Chinese businessmen and officials. Peter Humphrey, 58, was fined £19,000 and sentenced to two years and six months in a Chinese prison for 'illegally obtaining private information', after which he will be deported. His wife, Yingzeng Yu, 61, must serve two years and pay a fine of £14,500. It is unclear whether or not she will also be deported on completion of her jail term. Jailed: British corporate investigator Peter Humphrey leaves the the Shanghai No.1 Intermediate People's Court inside a police vehicle in Shanghai after receiving sentence of two years and six months
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Peter Humphrey and Yingzeng Yu found guilty of getting information for firms
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Humphrey jailed for two and a half years, fined £19,000 and told he will be deported at end of sentence
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Yu will serve two years in prison and pay £14,500 fine
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Pair worked for GlaxoSmithKline, which is accused of bribing hospitals
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Couple were arrested as part of huge probe into alleged corruption
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Shanghai court today finds them guilty of investigating Chinese businessmen to help foreign firms
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Humphrey offers China grovelling apology in closing statement to court
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