Lorry tragedy
Northern Ireland man Eamonn Harrison and co-accused face life in jail over deaths of 39 migrants in lorry
Updated: 21 Dec 2020, 15:46
A NORTHERN Ireland man and his co-accused face life in jail over the deaths of 39 migrants who suffocated in the back of a lorry.
Eamonn Harrison, 24, and Romanian Gheorghe Nica, 43, were found guilty of manslaughter at London’s Old Bailey today.
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The lorry was found with 39 bodies in after the victims were smuggled into the UKCredit: PA:Press Association
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Another man, Christopher Kennedy from Keady, Co Armagh, was found guilty of conspiracy.
The migrants, all from Vietnam, were being brought into the UK as part of a money-spinning international people smuggling operation.