Vietnamese teenager, 18, accused of being key ‘organiser’ in people smuggling ring that saw 39 migrants suffocate in Essex lorry trailer loses appeal against extradition to Belgium on charges of running a ‘safe house’ Ngo Sy Tai, 18, lost an appeal against extradition to face charges in Belgium He is accused of being an organiser … Read more
Human trafficker Maurice ‘Mo’ Robinson, 26, (pictured) who drove a lorry on which 39 Vietnamese migrants suffered agonising deaths used some of £100,000 he made trafficking people on refurbishing his girlfriend’s hair salon, a court heard today A human trafficker who drove a lorry on which 39 Vietnamese migrants suffered agonising deaths used some of £100,000 he … Read more
Lorry driver, 24, and mechanic, 43, are found guilty of the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese migrants who suffocated as they were smuggled into Britain in HGV trailer By Katie Feehan For Mailonline Published: 13:17 GMT, 21 December 2020 | Updated: 13:18 GMT, 21 December 2020 Gheorghe Nica, 43, and Eamonn Harrison, 24, have been found … Read more
Vietnamese migrants who suffocated to death in Essex lorry left slash marks after trying to battle their way out with a metal pole, court hears The temperature inside the lorry trailer reached 38.5C, the Old Bailey has heard Migrants inside the container attempted to smash the door open to get air The people smuggling trial … Read more
Horrifying footage showing steam rising from the container in which dozens of Vietnamese migrants suffocated to death at temperatures above 100 degrees has been shown to a jury. Trucker Maurice Robinson, 26, can be seen approaching the rear right hand door of his lorry and opening it. As he slowly eases the door open steam … Read more
There were calls of ‘open up, open up’ as 39 Vietnamese people struggled to breathe inside a sealed container bound for Britain, a court has heard. On October 23 last year, the men, women and children, aged 15 to 44, were found dead in the trailer after it was transported from Zeebrugge in Belgium to … Read more
A Vietnamese migrant told how his parents paid £13,000 for a ‘VIP’ smuggling trip to Britain – just days before 39 people died in the back of the same lorry trailer. The group of 28 men, eight women and three children – two of whom were just 15 – suffocated while being transported in a … Read more
A dying victim in the Essex lorry recorded a message for relatives saying: ‘I am sorry. I cannot take care of you. I cannot breathe. Have a good life’, a court heard today. The audio message was made by Nguyen Tho Tuan, 25, for his wife, children and mother after phone signal cut out in … Read more
People smuggler caught trafficking two Vietnamese migrants into UK through Channel Tunnel in boot of his car is jailed for more than two years Gavin Charters, 40, was stopped at the Channel Tunnel by Border Force Officers found two Vietnamese migrants in his boot and arrested him He absconded from bail but was found following … Read more
Ronan Hughes, 40, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter of Vietnamese migrants who were found dead in a lorry container in Essex A haulier has admitted killing 39 Vietnamese migrants who died in the back of a refrigerated lorry travelling into Britain. Ronan Hughes, 40, was part of an international ring ferrying non-EU citizens into the … Read more