SEVEN people smugglers have been jailed for a total of more than 92 years in prison after the tragic deaths of 39 Vietnamese nationals in October 2019. The men had worked together to smuggle people illegally into the UK, with some receiving astonishingly high payment for their services, across three dates in October 2019. They were jailed at the Old Bailey on Friday after the discovery of 39 bodies in Waterglade Industrial Park, Grays on October 23, 2019.
An aerial view as police forensic officers attend the scene after a truck was found to contain a large number of dead bodies, in Thurock, South England, Wednesday Oct. 23, 2019. Police in southeastern England said that 39 people were found dead Wednesday
SEVEN people smugglers have been jailed for a total of more than 92 years in prison after the tragic deaths of 39 Vietnamese nationals in October 2019. The men appeared at the Old Bailey in front of his Hon. Mr Justice Sweeney earlier today and have received a total of 92 years and 10 months imprisonment between them. The men had worked together to smuggle people illegally into the UK, with some receiving astonishingly high payment for their services, across three dates in October 2019. Chief Constable of Essex Police, Ben-Julian Harrington, acknowledged that the result upheld the promise he had made to the families more than a year ago.
SEVEN people smugglers have been jailed for a total of more than 92 years in prison after the tragic deaths of 39 Vietnamese nationals in October 2019. The men appeared at the Old Bailey in front of his Hon. Mr Justice Sweeney earlier today and have received a total of 92 years and 10 months imprisonment between them. The men had worked together to smuggle people illegally into the UK, with some receiving astonishingly high payment for their services, across three dates in October 2019. Chief Constable of Essex Police, Ben-Julian Harrington, acknowledged that the result upheld the promise he had made to the families more than a year ago.
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image captionThe 39 people who died in the back of a trailer as it crossed the North Sea between Zeebrugge and the UK
Four men have been jailed for the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese migrants found dead in a lorry trailer in Essex.
The migrants died excruciatingly painful deaths, having suffocated in the container en route from Belgium to Purfleet in October 2019, a judge said.
Ronan Hughes, 41, and Gheorghe Nica, 43, played leading roles in the smuggling conspiracy and were jailed for 20 and 27 years respectively.
At the Old Bailey, two lorry drivers were also jailed for manslaughter.
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TODAY, seven men have been sentenced to a total of more than 92 years in prison following our investigation into the tragic deaths of 39 Vietnamese nationals in October 2019.
The men appeared at the Old Bailey in front of his Hon. Mr Justice Sweeney earlier today, Friday 22 January, and have received a total of 92 years and 10 months imprisonment between them.
The men had worked together to smuggle people illegally into the UK, with some receiving astonishingly high payment for their services, across three dates in October 2019.
Chief Constable of Essex Police, Ben-Julian Harrington, acknowledged that the result upheld the promise he had made to the families more than a year ago.