By Press Association 2021 Maurice Robinson, 26, leaving Purfleet port, Essex (Essex Police/PA) A lorry driver who discovered the bodies of 39 migrants in the back of his trailer had been “blind to the risks” of people smuggling, a court has heard. The Vietnamese victims, aged between 15 and 44, had suffocated in the sealed container as it was shipped from Zeebrugge to Purfleet in Essex in October 2019. Maurice Robinson, 26, was left in shock after he opened the doors and found they were all dead, the Old Bailey was told. His boss and ringleader in the operation Ronan Hughes, 41, had told him to give them air quickly after collecting the trailer from the docks.