Another arrested, charged with manslaughter in Ireland in connection with Essex lorry incident
Hanoi (VNA) - A man wanted in connection
with the death of 39 people from Vietnam found in the back of a refrigerated lorry in Essex, near London last October, has been arrested and charged
with manslaughter in Ireland, according to Essex police.
Ronan Hughes, from County Armagh in Northern Ireland, was
detained on April 20, following
the execution of a European arrest warrant in Ireland.
The 40-year-old man has been charged with 39 offences of
manslaughter, as well as immigration offences. He will appear at Dublin's High Court on
April 21.
Previously,
driver Maurice Robinson, from Northern Ireland, pleaded guilty to 39 counts of
manslaughter at Central London Criminal Court on April 8.
On November 25, 2019, Robinson pleaded
guilty to assisting unlawful immigration and acquiring criminal property.
Another driver from North Ireland, Eamonn Harrison, 23, drove the container,
which carried the victims, to the port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, where it was
put on a ferry to England and picked up at the other end by Maurice Robinson on
early morning of October 23. He was accused of manslaughter./.