People smugglers face life sentences

Published date22 December 2020
Date22 December 2020
The Vietnamese migrants, aged between 15 and 44, were found dead in the back of a trailer in Essex on October 23 last year. They had suffocated in sweltering temperatures as the airtight container was shipped from Zeebrugge to Purfleet.

The "unscrupulous" gang behind the illegal shipment were motivated by greed as they pursued profits of more than £1 million that month alone.

Following a 10-week trial, Romanian ringleader

Gheorghe Nica, 43, from Basildon, and lorry driver Eamonn Harrison, 24, from County Down, were found guilty yesterday of 39 counts of manslaughter.

They were also convicted of...

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