Christopher Kennedy
A lorry driver accused of being a member of a people-smuggling ring linked to the deaths of 39 migrants has told jurors he only agreed to move cigarettes “for a bit of extra cash”.
Christopher Kennedy, 24, of Keady, County Arma…
A lorry driver accused over the deaths of 39 migrants has told jurors he was watching Netflix in bed with the curtains drawn at the time people were allegedly being loaded into his trailer.
Eamonn Harrison, 23, allegedly dropped off a sealed container …
A mechanic accused over the deaths of 39 migrants has told jurors he was roped into people-smuggling, and insisted: “I never wanted to be involved in this kind of job.”
Gheorghe Nica, 43, has admitted helping his former boss Ronan Hughes, 41, transport…
The bodies of 39 migrants found dead in a lorry trailer in Essex were so closely packed together the first policeman on the scene could not check them all for signs of life, a court has heard.
PC Jack Emerson told the Old Bailey how he and a colleague …
A Co Down truck-driver accused of being responsible for the deaths of 39 Vietnamese men, women and boys found suffocated in a shipping container near London last year has gone on trial.
The victims, nine of whom were teenagers and two aged just 15, wer…
A court in Vietnam has jailed four people for their roles in the deaths of 39 migrants discovered in a container lorry in England.
he 31 men and eight women were found in the back of the HGV in Essex in October 2019.
A number of people have been arrest…
15 September 2020, 18:46 | Updated: 15 September 2020, 18:52
The bodies of 39 people were found in a lorry in Essex last year. Picture: PA Images
By Ewan Quayle
Four people in Vietnam have been jailed for their part in the deaths of 39 migrants who d…
Vietnam jails four people smugglers over the deaths of 39 of migrants who were found suffocated to death in the back of a lorry in Essex
Vietnam has jailed four people smugglers over the deaths of 39 migrants who were found suffo…
Vietnam has jailed four people in connection with the deaths of 39 migrants found in a refrigerated truck in Britain last year, state media reported.
The deaths of 31 Vietnamese men and eight women in a car near London in October 2019 highlighted the …
This picture taken on Sept 14, 2020 and released by the Vietnam News Agency shows defendants at a trial against those involved in organising for people to migrate abroad, in connection with the deaths of 39 migrants found in a refrigerated truck in Br…
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Prison sentences range from two-and-a-half years and seven-and-a-half years for role in 2019 operation in which 39 people died
Police attend the scene in Essex in October 2019 after the bodies of 39 Vi…
A court in Vietnam sentenced four people to several years in prison over their involvement in the deaths of 39 migrants, whose bodies were found in the back of a truck outside London last October.
The deaths of the migrants sent shockwaves th…
A court in Vietnam on Monday sentenced four Vietnamese people to between two and a half and seven and a half years in prison for their role in the deaths of 39 migrants whose bodies were discovered in the back of a truck near London in October last yea…
By Reuters Staff
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HANOI (Reuters) – A court in Vietnam on Monday sentenced four Vietnamese people to between 2-1/2 and 7-1/2 years in prison for their role in the deaths of 39 migrants whose bodies were discovered in the back of a truck …
The victim, Pham Thi Tra My, was one of 39 Vietnamese found dead in a container truck near London last year. She was a resident of Can Loc District of central Ha Tinh Province.
The case commenced Monday morning in Ha Tinh with an expected seven defenda…