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Victims included women and children desperate for a better life when they paid up to £14,000 each for a “VIP” smuggling service.
Their families revealed their grief and loss as those responsible for the tragedy prepared to be sentenced.
Prosecutor Jonathan Polnay read a statement from UK-based Nguyen Huy Tung, father of 15-year-old Nguyen Huy Hung, who learned about his son’s death on social media.
He said: “We were very shocked, trembled, we lost track and awareness of surroundings. My wife fainted when our son’s name was mentioned.
Recordings of phone messages of some of the 39 victims were played to the court (Image: PA)
“We did not believe it was the truth until we saw his body.” Tran Hai Loc and his wife Nguyen Thi Van, both 35, left behind two children, aged six and four, and a family struggling to pay for the trip.