Essex lorry deaths: Voice messages recorded by trapped immigrants played to court

Desperate voice messages recorded by illegal immigrants slowly suffocating in a lorry trailer have been played to a court.
They were found on the phones of the 39 Vietnamese men, women and teenagers whose bodies were discovered in Essex in October 2019.
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A photo of one of the migrants who died in the lorry in Essex
A stunned court at the Old Bailey heard victims gasping for breath, coughing and crying on three recordings intended for their families, but never sent because there was no network coverage inside the locked trailer on board a North Sea ferry.
In Vietnamese one victim tells his wife and children: "I'm so sorry, I can't take care of you. I can't breathe. I want to come back to my family. Have a good life."

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