"[64], in July 2022, Essex Police released an image of a man who is wanted in connection with the deaths. Detectives believe the vehicle was travelling from Bulgaria and entered the UK three days ago via Holyhead in north Wales, one of the main port for ferries from Ireland. [99], Families of those who died told reporters that they had been told that neither the British nor Vietnamese governments were willing to cover the cost of repatriating the bodies back to their homes. ", Get email updates with the day's biggest stories. Shortly after 01:00, having picked up the trailer, Robinson got a SnapChat message from Ronan Hughes, his 40-year-old haulage boss from County Monaghan, Ireland. 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Signing up to the newsletter is simple. He said the victims died in an "unimaginable way, because of the utter greed of these criminals". Germany: We are no longer reliant on Russian energy, City asks Madonna if it can borrow her painting, US porn star declared unfit for sex crimes trial, Jeremy Renner TV show poster edited after accident, Keep cake away from office, says food adviser, Maximum two drinks a week, Canada guidance advises. He pleaded guilty last year to 39 counts of manslaughter and conspiring to bring people into the country unlawfully. Channel 4 defended its decision as meeting its public service obligations, arguing that revelation of the ease with which people could be smuggled into Britain had become a "matter of urgent public interest". Among those killed was a married couple - Tran Hai Loc and Nguyen Thi Van. It's unclear who they are or exactly how they came into the country but one of the biggest murder investigations in British history is underway. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. On 23 November, it was reported that one of the teenagers later found dead had gone missing from an asylum centre in the Netherlands. Lorry driver Christopher Kennedy, 24, of County Armagh, and van driver Valentin Calota, 38, of Birmingham, were also convicted of being part of the people-smuggling plot. All of the paramedics who attended that night were offered "enhanced support" from the service's well-being team in the aftermath, she said. [51] On 16 March 2020, a man from Birmingham was charged with an immigration offence related to the incident. Smugglers often force migrants to work off the cost of the trip in slave-like conditions. Speaking to the emergency call handler, Robinson explained he had just lifted a trailer from the port and found immigrants in the back "lying on the ground.". [84] Diane Abbott, Shadow Home Secretary, said greater international co-operation was needed to prevent similar events happening again. Post-mortem examinations found they died of overheating and a lack of oxygen. Hughes, of County Monaghan, Ireland, and Robinson, who took the initial 999 call had previously admitted manslaughter. Police believe that the cab was driven from Northern Ireland on 19 October. Temperatures in the unit had reached an "unbearable" 38.5C (101F) as the migrants were sealed inside for at least 12 hours, the court heard. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. [69] The fact that many locations were mentioned in the warrant did not mean that the offences were extraterritorial and the accused was in the UK and had acted to further an act of conspiracy that underpinned the charges of manslaughter. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison. The trial examined three smuggling attempts by the gang - two that were successful on 11 and 18 October, and the final trip on 23 October. Thurrock deaths: Aerial footage of lorry container in Essex where 39 bodies have been found. He was charged with 41 offences, including 39 of manslaughter, and extradition proceedings began in the Irish High Court. One of them was Gheorghe Nica. The message said: "Give them air quickly don't let them out". He was charged with unrelated offences. His father, Hoang Van Lanh, believed his son was tricked, possibly at the last moment. 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It was a shock, like anybody would be shocked to see this, particularly down a lane people would not know," Ms Andrews told the Old Bailey. "He told me that he would only go on a 'VIP package', in a private car," she said. [98] He also urged his country's Foreign Ministry to direct the Vietnamese embassy in UK to closely monitor the situation, co-ordinate with the British authorities to verify the identities of the victims and take protective measures in case it was confirmed Vietnamese were among them. Sign up here. [98] After confirmation that they were all from Vietnam, the Vietnamese government strongly condemned human trafficking and called on all countries to combat such activities to prevent a recurrence of the incident. "I don't know what happened but something must have changed in their plan, or he was scammed," he said. ". [41], On 26 October, the Irish police said they had detained a man in his 20s at Dublin Port who was of interest to Essex Police as part of its investigation into the lorry deaths. "And finding out at the very last minute, and realising as you die, that the VIP service was a terrible lie, is exactly what you see from these organised crime groups. An international criminal investigation into a major people-smuggling operation was set to begin. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. The twice-daily update will deliver the top news and features to your inbox every morning and evening. He too was seeking a better life when, in February last year, he paid up to 20,000 to a trafficker in Vietnam for a visa and a place on a business studies course in Poland. [80], Two lorry drivers who were also involved in the incident were also jailed. It was here that a number of people were seen being delivered by taxi to an agricultural shed, before later clambering into a lorry. There's approximately 25. Speculation was rife as drips of information were fed through, clarified and confirmed while politicians stepped in to comment on the deadly discovery. RM GA0448 - A police officer at the scene of a shooting at Rayleigh railway station in Essex, after a member of the public was shot armed robbers today. Some wanted to work in nail salons while one of the 15-year-olds who died said he would find work in an illegal cannabis farm. The court heard Robinson - who discovered the bodies after collecting the trailer when it arrived in Purfleet, Essex - had received a message from Hughes which read: "Give them air quickly, don't let them out.". Twelve days before 39 Vietnamese people were found dead in the container, Marie Andrews was at her mobile home in Orsett, a village about four miles (6km) from Grays. When it became obvious that there was insufficient oxygen they made desperate attempts to escape through the roof of the lorry, and tried to call emergency services in Vietnam. He loved football very much and he loved UK teams as well as the Champions League. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. From Bierne, the lorry is seen on CCTV footage making its way across France and towards the Belgian port of Zeebrugge, where it was left to be loaded unaccompanied on to a ferry called the MV Clementine. During the lengthy court cases at the Old Bailey in London, shocking details from the tragedy were uncovered. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Mr Justice Sweeney told the defendants jailed for manslaughter they would serve two-thirds of the term in custody, instead of the usual half. [83][6] Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, said that she was "shocked and saddened by this utterly tragic incident", and that Immigration Enforcement were working with the Essex Police. From this point onwards, a sensor inside the trailer tells its own story of a relentless rise in temperature. In the BBC documentary Hunting the Essex Lorry Killers, it shared some of the devastating testimonies from the victims' families. Following a 10-week trial in 2020, Northern Irish lorry driver Eamonn Harrison was found guilty of 39 counts of manslaughter, while Romanian organiser Gheorghe Nica was convicted of the same charges. The trial focused on four people-smuggling runs by the gang in the space of just a fortnight in October 2019 which, if they had all been successful, would have brought more than 80 Vietnamese migrants into the UK and netted the organisers 800,000. [28], On 29 October, Essex Police announced that two brothers from Armagh, Northern Ireland, one of whom owned the haulage company operating the lorry cab detained at Grays, were wanted on suspicion of manslaughter and human trafficking offences related to the incident. [5] In the evening of 23 October, the Belgian prosecutor's office announced that they would also investigate the lorry's transit through their country. They had all paid huge sums of money to reach Britain in search of a better life - paying up to 13,000 each. 42 Essex Lorry Deaths Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images Editorial FILTERS CREATIVE EDITORIAL VIDEO 42 Essex Lorry Deaths Premium High Res Photos Browse 42 essex lorry deaths stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. The families of the victims who lost their lives continue to mourn their losses, with many still struggling with the debts of the money they spent in search of a better life. The red and white lorry is pictured at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, Essex, surrounded by forensic. Police have begun the process of moving the bodies of 39 people found dead in a refrigerated lorry in Essex. Those inside had stripped to their underwear in the sweltering heat and tried to bash their way out of the trailer's roof. He waited for 15 minutes and then dialled 999, telling the operator: "There's immigrants in the back. 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He would say 'Daddy just needs to see Mummy and the kids'. Who are the victims in the Essex lorry tragedy? A restaurant worker in the industrial estate, who did not want to be named, said: "There's a lot of police and forensics. [31][32], Taoiseach Leo Varadkar spoke in Dil ireann and said that Irish authorities would investigate any involvement regarding their country. "All were to no avail and, before the ship reached Purfleet, [the victims] all died in what must have been an excruciatingly painful death. Something went wrong, please try again later. "I didn't take my eyes off the lorry while I was on the [999] call.". Essex lorry deaths: The supposed 'VIP' journey that killed 39 people 21 December 2020 Essex lorry deaths Pham Thi Ngoc Oanh, 28, from Nghe An, wrote a text message that was never sent By. [4] Other refugee groups have expressed concern that the border confusion surrounding Brexit will give more opportunities for groups to commit similar crimes. [79], On 22 January 2021 the culprits were jailed for the incident. PC Jack Emerson was one of the first at the scene. This became Witness X who shared his fears and referred to the smugglers as "the mafia" - a testimony that revealed the drivers had known about their passengers. The victims died from suffocation and hyperthermia in the confined space of the truck, which arrived on a ferry from Zeebrugge, Belgium. A 25-year-old lorry driver from Northern Ireland has been arrested, Essex Police says.
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