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Four people-smugglers could be facing life sentences after the deaths of 39 migrants - Credit: PA Four people-smugglers could be facing life sentences for the manslaughter of 39 migrants whose bodies were discovered in the back of a trailer in Essex. The Vietnamese victims, aged between 15 and 44, suffocated in a container as they were shipped to Purfleet, Essex, from Belgium on October 23, 2019. Romanian ringleader Gheorghe Nica, 43, from Basildon, and truck driver Eamonn Harrison, 24, from County Down, were found guilty of 39 counts of manslaughter and plotting to people smuggle last month following a trial at the Old Bailey. Haulier boss Ronan Hughes, 41, of Armagh, and 26-year-old lorry driver Maurice Robinson, of Craigavon, admitted the offences. ....
In Monaghan s village of Tyholland, Ronan Hughes stood out. The 40-year-old married owner of a haulage company lived in a house purchased without a mortgage and had a time-share in a villa in Florida. He drove a 2019 BMW worth €108,000. ....
Co Down driver faces years behind bars for role in deaths of 39 people smuggled in lorry belfasttelegraph.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from belfasttelegraph.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Even when they died they were together : Heartbreaking story of couple who left their young children in Vietnam to set up new life in the UK - as heartbroken parents reveal pair were holding hands when they died in back of Essex lorry Nguyen Thi Van and Tran Hai Loc were found holding hands inside lorry trailer Couple were huddled together when they were discovered among the 39 dead The pair left behind their son Thang, seven, and five-year-old daughter Trang ....
An unscrupulous gang of people-smugglers are facing years behind bars for their part in the deaths of 39 migrants. The Vietnamese victims, aged between 15 and 44, suffocated in the back of a trailer as they were shipped to Purfleet in Essex from Belgium on October 23 last year. With false promises of a better life in Britain, they were betrayed by greedy criminals who pursued profits of more than £1 million that month alone. On Monday, Romanian ringleader Gheorghe Nica (43), from Basildon, and lorry driver Eamonn Harrison (24), from Co Down, were found guilty of 39 counts of manslaughter. The jury, which deliberated for nearly 23 hours, also convicted them of a wider people-smuggling plot with lorry driver Christopher Kennedy (24), from Co Armagh, and Valentin Calota (38), from Birmingham. As the verdicts were delivered, Nica appeared defiant in the dock, while Harrison, who was convicted by a majority of 10 to one, stood open-mouthed. ....