Hughes, an Irish haulier, alternated between legitimate shipments of waffles, soft drinks and wine from warehouses across Europe and illegal smuggling of alcohol, cigarettes and people. [66][67] On 8 April 2020, he pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of the 39 victims. What led to her and 38 fellow Vietnamese nationals dying in the dark and sweltering heat of an airtight container? 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Instead of immediately dialling 999 in the early hours of 23 October, 2019, the 26-year-old's first instinct was to get back in to his cab and drive off from the estate in Grays, with the bodies in the trailer behind him. [77], On 11 January 2021, Gazmir Nuzi was sentenced to 10 months imprisonment after admitting a limited role in the smuggling ring, with the prosecution accepting that he was not part of the organised crime group. Recordings from some of the victims' final desperate phone messages were played aloud in court. He was described as an organiser for the people-trafficking organisation, arranging accommodation and transit for money. During the investigation, there was one crucial piece of evidence which cracked the case "wide open", a recent documentary into the deaths revealed. [91], Later, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticised a CNN reporter's question, which had contrasted the incident with the Chinese government's depiction of a more economically prosperous China. So he did.". Alexandru Hanga, 28, who performed a similar role on one occasion in October 2019, and who last year pleaded guilty to conspiracy to assist unlawful migration, was sentenced to three years in prison. The red and white lorry is pictured at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, Essex, surrounded by forensic. Our enquiries are ongoing to establish what has happened. I cannot breathe. Many of the 28 men, eight women and three boys found dead in the trailer were in Paris the day before their deaths. While Hughes admitted manslaughter, both Nica and Harrison were convicted by a jury. Among those killed was a married couple - Tran Hai Loc and Nguyen Thi Van. These are the first photographs of the lorry where 39 bodies were discovered today. PC Jack Emerson was one of the first at the scene. A screengrab of Maurice Robinson leaving Purfleet port. Essex lorry deaths: CCTV shows arrival at industrial park A spokesman for the Bulgarian foreign affairs ministry said the truck was registered in the country under the name of a company. [42] A Belgian public prosecutor said that this was the lorry driver they had been searching for, who had been seen on CCTV ten times at Zeebrugge while dropping off the refrigerated trailer. We wouldn't transport animals in that way. "We thought maybe someone had broken into a lorry, but it's just awful. Belgian officials said the eight women . [75] On 8 April 2021, his extradition was approved. He was paid 25,000 in cash to pick up the container and had been instructed by Hughes to open the lorry trailer to give the migrants air shortly after collecting it from Purfleet docks, but he found they were all dead. "I didn't take my eyes off the lorry while I was on the [999] call.". Essex lorry deaths: Men jailed for killing 39 migrants in trailer 22 January 2021 Essex lorry deaths The 39 people who died in the back of a trailer as it crossed the North Sea between. [40] He was remanded in custody, to appear at the Central Criminal Court on 25 November. Nica claimed he told Robinson not to move the trailer and to call 999. [61] On 14 April 2021 he pleaded not guilty and is due to stand trial in 2023. Chilling records of his call revealed his unnervingly calm revelation of the dead bodies to the ambulance service. 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. Northern Irish lorry driver, Christopher Kennedy, 24, and Valentin Calota, 38, a pickup driver from Romania, were both convicted of conspiring to smuggle people into the country unlawfully. Sense of injustice lingers after Seoul Halloween crush, Chess gets a risqu makeover. gigs and tours harry styles; ozuna and karol g kissing; thayers witch hazel original vs unscented (From left) Gheorghe Nica and Ronan Hughes were jailed for a total of 47 years, while Eamonn Harrison was sentenced to 18 years. [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. The migrants died "excruciatingly painful" deaths, having suffocated in the container en route from Belgium to Purfleet in October 2019, a judge said. [63], On 17 June 2021 a Vietnamese man who is being sought by Belgian authorities for extradition in connection with the deaths was arrested at a supermarket petrol station in Middlesbrough. Despite initially protesting his innocence in police interviews, officers quickly discovered Robinson was actually part of an enormous lucrative people-smuggling ring - led by kingpin Ronan Hughes. Investigations revealed that they suffocated to death in 38 degrees in the refrigerated container, where all the oxygen was sucked out. A 25-year-old lorry driver from Northern Ireland has been arrested, Essex Police says. Tiep's mother, Hoang Thi Ai, told the BBC why they had changed their minds. THE 39 migrants who died in the back of a lorry trailer in Essex left bloody handprints on the inside doors of the metal container, it has been reported. I am sorry. On Saturday afternoon, Essex Police provided a fresh update revealing at the 25-year-old lorry driver had now been charged. Officer Maxime Saison was on duty in France that night and told how the migrants, speaking in English, confirmed they were Vietnamese and had no documentation. The victims were 28 men, eight women and three children, two of them aged 15. Some of the victims reassured their anxious families that they had paid extra for a so-called VIP journey to the UK which meant the lorry driver was helping them to cross the border, and there was no need for them to break into vehicles and stow themselves away. Four men have been jailed for the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese migrants found dead in a lorry trailer in Essex. [27], A murder investigation was launched on the morning of the day of the discovery. Antnio Guterres, the United Nations secretary-general, tweeted that those responsible "must be swiftly brought to justice". Robinson, Harrison, Hughes and Nica were all jailed for manslaughter in January this year, receiving jail sentences of up to 27 years. In the BBC documentary Hunting the Essex Lorry Killers, it shared some of the devastating testimonies from the victims' families. The judge said Nica "recruited and paid the drivers whose job it was to collect the migrants when they reached the drop-off site in this country and to drive them to the safe house(s) where they were to be held until payment". Speaking previously, Chief Superintendent Andrew Mariner, of Essex Police, said: "This is a tragic incident where a large number of people have lost their lives. Essex lorry deaths: Trafficking ringleader jailed for 15 years after 39 died from suffocation and hyperthermia Eight women and 31 men were sealed inside the vehicle for at least 12 hours as . Video evidence showed how the trainer containing 39 Vietnamese migrants made its way to the UK. "I immediately recognised this cab and trailer on the news as certainly being the same one that I had seen on both 11 October and 18 October, 2019," she said. He described how he desperately searched for "signs of life", a pulse or a breath. On 11 October, about 15 migrants made the journey across the channel, though in a different trailer to the one in which the 39 died. 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Detective Chief Inspector Daniel Stoten, who led the investigation, described how one single fingerprint found in another one of Hughes' lorries was "gold dust", leading to another man who made the same journey a week before. I want to come back to my family. A number of the migrants discovered in France were later found dead inside the container in Essex. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. 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. "It's hard to say whether that would change the outcome but we have changed nationally the way that we deal with organised immigration crimes.". "All we know is they found the bodies in the back of a lorry. [54] On 20 April 2020 a 40-year-old man was arrested in the Republic of Ireland in connection with the deaths. The crime scene is just a short distance from intu Lakeside shopping centre and the M25 Dartford Crossing. The victims died from suffocation and hyperthermia in the confined space of the truck, which arrived on a ferry from Zeebrugge, Belgium. Someone said he should go to the UK. 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Essex Police investigate serious crime scene on Cromer Road, Southend-On-Sea, Essex. Read more: Breaking news and updates on Essex crime. Robinson gave a thumbs-up in reply. He always dreamed of going to the UK and he tried very hard to study at school as well as learning English for that purpose. "This time, they simply had too many people on board," he told the Old Bailey. Sixteen days after police officers found the pile of bodies in the back of the refrigerated lorry. They were left to die, all because of the greed of the men who have been sentenced today., The home secretary, Priti Patel, said: The inhumanity of these callous people smugglers and their dangerous organised criminal networks has rightly been reflected in the sentencing today.. "We wouldn't transport animals in that way.". We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. [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. [97], After reports that Vietnamese citizens might be among the deceased, Nguyn Xun Phc, Vietnamese Prime Minister, ordered the country's Public Security Ministry and the authorities of its two central provinces of H Tnh and Ngh An, where a number of missing citizens come from, to launch a probe into the case. Something went wrong, please try again later. [71][72] Alexandru-Ovidiu Hanga, of Tilbury, and Gazmir Nuzi, of Tottenham, also pleaded guilty to assisting unlawful immigration in June and September 2020 respectively. [76], On 21 December 2020, verdicts were returned on Romanian ringleader Gheorghe Nica of Basildon and lorry driver Eamonn Harrison from County Down. Maurice Robinson, 26, was given 13 years and four months, having collected the trailer and opened it in an industrial estate to find the migrants dead. Each passenger paid smugglers between 10,000 and 13,000 to be brought from northern France. [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. What happened in the Ukraine helicopter crash? My thoughts are with all those who lost their lives & their loved ones.". Investigations are being led by Essex Police, and involve the national authorities of the UK, Belgium, Ireland and Vietnam. He was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. [80], Three other men were sentenced for conspiring to facilitate unlawful immigration: lorry driver Christopher Kennedy was sentenced to seven years, pickup driver Valentin Calota was sentenced to four and a half years and Alexandru-Ovidiu Hanga was sentenced to three years. Nguyen Van Hung, who was 33, and 18-year-old Hoang Van Tiep were from the same village in Nghe An province, in the north of Vietnam. Essex crime: Rayleigh mum and son jailed for collective ten years for wanting to sell 750,000 of cocaine Crime Bookmark Person tries to chase driver fleeing scene of Romford lamppost crash - but falls over and is taken to hospital Romford Bookmark Boy, aged 15, charged after teen found with stabbed leg and knife recovered near Barking tube station Harrison, of Newry, County Down, claimed he did not know there were people in the trailer when he towed it to the Belgian port, and that he watched "a wee bit of Netflix" in bed as they were loaded on. [16][17] There have been a number of incidents in which migrants to Europe died or were injured as a result of dangerous transportation methods. Essex lorry deaths: Men jailed for killing 39 migrants in trailer 22 January 2021 Essex lorry deaths The 39 people who died in the back of a trailer as it crossed the North Sea. [31][32], Taoiseach Leo Varadkar spoke in Dil ireann and said that Irish authorities would investigate any involvement regarding their country. Sign up here. Find BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. One of those was Nguyen Thi Hong, whose husband Bui Phan Thang died in the lorry. The lorry cab, a Scania R-series, was registered in Bulgaria in 2017 in the name of a company owned by an Irish citizen, but had not returned there since, according to the Bulgarian foreign ministry. A father of one of the deceased said he was given two options: having the ashes returned for 41,100,000 Vietnam dong (1,470) or receiving the body for 66,240,000 Vietnam dong (2,209). Eight women and 31 men were sealed inside the vehicle for at least 12 hours as temperatures reached an "unbearable" 38.5C (101F). On all three runs, Nica, of Basildon, Essex, had arranged cars and a van to transport the migrants at the UK end. Lorry driver Maurice Robinson, 26, of Craigavon, leaving Purfleet port, Essex, Purfleet Thames Terminal the day 39 bodies were found in a container in Grays, The lorry was discovered in Waterglade Industrial Park on Eastern Avenue in Grays, (Image: (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)), The 39 victims and their families had paid thousands to give them a better life in Britain, Court artist sketch of Gheorghe Nica (left) and Eamonn Harrison (right) two of four men to face trial, at the Old Bailey, Bui Phan Thang, 37, from Ha Tinh, one of the 39 Vietnamese migrants. 2023 BBC. Mr Justice Sweeney said that in the conspiracy "two played leading roles, namely - in order of importance - Hughes and Nica". ", Find BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. "[64], in July 2022, Essex Police released an image of a man who is wanted in connection with the deaths. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. They're not breathing.". 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