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Irish driver pleads guilty to manslaughter of Essex lorry deaths

A 40-year-old Irish haulier pleaded guilty at Old Bailey Court on August 28 to the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese migrants found dead in the back of a refrigerated lorry in Essex, the UK last October.
Irish driver pleads guilty to manslaughter of Essex lorry deaths ảnh 1Ronan Hughes (Photo: Metro)

London (VNA) – A 40-year-old Irish haulier pleaded guilty at OldBailey Court on August 28 to the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese migrants founddead in the back of a refrigerated lorry in Essex, the UK last October.

Ronan Hughes became the second man to plead guilty over the case, which shocked the UK and Vietnam late last year.

He was extradited to the UK from Ireland and appeared beforeSouthend Magistrates’ Court in the east of London by video-link from a policestation on June 24 (local time).

On April 8, 25-year-old lorry driver Maurice Robinson fromCraigavon in Northern Ireland pleaded guilty to 39 counts of manslaughter atthe Old Bailey.

He had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to assistunlawful immigration and acquiring criminal property at the same court onNovember 25 last year.

Meanwhile, another suspect, Eamonn Harrison, pleaded not guilty to 39 counts of manslaughter.

Last October, the bodies of the Vietnamese nationals werediscovered by emergency services on the back of the refrigerated lorry at anindustrial estate in Essex.

Among the 39 dead were ten teenagers, including two15-year-old boys./.
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