He was charged with unrelated offences. [101], An international fundraiser through GoFundMe raised money to help cover the potential additional debts that the families might incur bringing home the deceased. 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. 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. [91], In an editorial headlined, "The UK must bear responsibility," the Global Times, a state-run newspaper, said that the responsibility for the deaths lay with Britain and other European countries. "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. [48], On 9 February 2020, a man was arrested in Northern Ireland on suspicion of manslaughter and facilitating unlawful immigration, and was released on bail. CCTV footage then placed the primary suspects together at the same hotel. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. 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. The trailer had been shipped from the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, to Purfleet, Essex, UK, and the lorry cab and its driver are believed to have originated from Northern Ireland. [1], Soon after the police arrived, Eastern Avenue was closed and not fully re-opened until 25 October. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Essex lorry deaths: Trafficking ringleader jailed for 15 years after 39 died from suffocation and hyperthermia, The 39 people whose bodies were discovered in a lorry in Grays, Essex, in October 2019. Among those killed was a married couple - Tran Hai Loc and Nguyen Thi Van. This was when the victims were still believed to be of Chinese origin. They had each paid about 13,000 to be smuggled into the UK and had desperately tried to raise the alarm as they suffocated inside the pitch-black refrigerated unit, which had been switched off. Emailwebnews@trinitymirror.com. It was never sent. We wouldn't transport animals in that way. White forensic tents were erected and camera crews were set up to document the investigation as the eyes of the world looked on. It came to light that the 31 men and eight women - including a 15-year-old child - had died in sweltering temperatures in the lorry's sealed container as they were shipped from Zeebrugge to Purfleet. He saw what was inside and stepped back before closing the door. An international criminal investigation into a major people-smuggling operation was set to begin. Antnio Guterres, the United Nations secretary-general, tweeted that those responsible "must be swiftly brought to justice". It's awful. More than 1,300 Essex police officers were involved in the case. [88] The first part was broadcast on 4 November after re-editing in the light of the 39 deaths, despite the Home Office describing the timing as "both insensitive and irresponsible". Essex Police investigate serious crime scene on Cromer Road, Southend-On-Sea, Essex. "The manager went to get into work this morning and it was cordoned off and we've been moved to a different area," Mr Freeland said. His loss is so sudden for us. He persuaded them, saying he would only have to pay the 10,500 fee due to the people smugglers after he had arrived in the UK. [48], On 4 November, Vietnamese police arrested eight suspects in the central province of Ngh An in connection with the smuggling ring. "There were desperate attempts to contact the outside world by phone and to break through the roof of the container," the judge said. He had seen a friend's Facebook post showing that they had made it to London. 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. Image: Police and forensics at the crime scene in Grays, Essex, in October 2019 The victims died from suffocation and hyperthermia in the confined space of the truck, which arrived on a ferry from . Maurice Robinson, 26, the lorry driver from Northern Ireland who collected the container containing the 39 people from the port in Essex in October 2019, and also pleaded guilty last year to manslaughter and people-smuggling, was sentenced to 13 years and four months. Despite the shock and horror, less than 36 hours after the discovery, as little as six bunches were laid at the site of the mass murder - something we stepped in to change, calling for residents to join us in laying flowers at the scene. In the days after the news broke, Waterglade Industrial Estate was swarmed by police, forensics and press. [19][20], Initially the police said the deceased were all Chinese nationals and the Chinese embassy in London sent officials to assist with identification. 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. Ms Andrews described ringing police again after seeing the news of the 39 deaths on social media. The ship left Zeebrugge in the middle of the afternoon, bound for the port of Purfleet-on-Thames, in Essex. "He didn't go straight to the UK, he went to Germany first. The message said: "Give them air quickly don't let them out". Hughes, of County Monaghan, Ireland, and Robinson, who took the initial 999 call had previously admitted manslaughter. 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. [28] The National Crime Agency suggested that organised crime might be involved. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. "[64], in July 2022, Essex Police released an image of a man who is wanted in connection with the deaths. The red and white lorry is pictured at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, Essex, surrounded by forensic. Robinson had driven from Holyhead, a major Irish Sea port in north-west Wales, to collect the trailer. By the end of the trial, the gang involved in the deadly people-smuggling operation were brought to justice. The families of many of the victims had mortgaged their land to pay fees of up to 30,000 to people smugglers to take them in stages to the UK; the trial only focused on the final leg of the journey between France and Britain. All 39 people who were found dead in the back of a lorry in Essex have now been named. Maurice Robinson, who collected the trailer from Purfleet and discovered the dead bodies, was sentenced to 13 years and 4 months. They're not breathing.". Our enquiries are ongoing to establish what has happened. In the BBC documentary Hunting the Essex Lorry Killers, it shared some of the devastating testimonies from the victims' families. The first responders who arrived at the lorry were met by the devastating and traumatic sight of the bodies of the men and women lying dead in the back. 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). [38] After extended questioning, on 26 October Essex Police charged the driver they had arrested with 39 counts of manslaughter, conspiracy to traffic people, conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration and money laundering. He got out of the cab, went to the rear of the trailer and opened the doors. He was immediately released having already served his sentence in custody. Crammed into the back of Robinson's lorry were two cousins who were more than 6,000 miles (9,656km) from home. [4][14] The lorry driver was a 25-year-old man from Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. 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. 7th March 2020. 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. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Investigations revealed that they suffocated to death in 38 degrees in the refrigerated container, where all the oxygen was sucked out. He accepted Hughes was "not at the very top of the conspiracy" but said his role was "pivotal in that he ran a haulage business and supplied the trailers and drivers used to transport the migrants". He was also a good player. "I don't know what happened but something must have changed in their plan, or he was scammed," he said. [73][74], In January 2021, an extradition hearing was held at Westminster Magistrates' Court for a Vietnamese man, said to be aged 18, who appeared via videolink from HM Prison Wandsworth accused of transporting 10 of the 39 from a safehouse in Anderlecht. The prosecution described the people-smuggling conspiracy as sophisticated, long-running and profitable. Many travelled to other countries in Europe, such as Poland and Russia, before being drawn by the prospect of finding better-paid work in the UK, a lure that saw them move west to France or Belgium before crossing the North Sea. There they found the 39 migrants dead in the back of a refrigerated . 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The four defendants charged with manslaughter all said they had not intended harm to the victims, but the judge noted that the conspiracy was committed for financial gain. Eamonn Harrison, who delivered the trailer to Zeebrugge was sentenced to 18 years. 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. "All we know is they found the bodies in the back of a lorry. It was a discovery that would hurl Essex into the international spotlight as police, press and forensics descended on the industrial estate that had become the scene of a devastating mass grave. Earlier this month, Gazmir Nuzi, 43, of Barclay Road, Tottenham, north London, was sentenced, having admitted his limited role in the people-smuggling operation. In September 2019, the younger cousin asked his parents if he could travel to the UK. He waited 20 minutes before calling emergency services. Essex Police said the people were all pronounced dead at the scene in an industrial park in Grays, east of London. Four people received a custodial sentence of at least 13 years. 2023 BBC. There were days when he called ten times. He had wanted to give his wife and three children a better life. [34] British police had also searched two properties in Northern Ireland. [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. 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.. The deaths have been a wake-up call for police. He was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder. 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.". [59] The police operation was organised with a cross-border team organised by Eurojust that included Belgium, France, the UK and Ireland. On the morning of October 23, 2019, the bodies of 39 Vietnamese men, women and children were discovered dead in the back of a lorry in Grays, Essex. 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 Families were worried they could still be left in debt, despite over 84,000 having been raised to help them. [55] On 29 April 2020 he appeared before the High Court via videolink, during which he was described as the "ringleader" of a criminal gang. 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. Hughes, 41, and lorry driver Maurice Robinson, 26, had previously admitted the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese migrants who were found dead in a lorry trailer in Essex in October 2019. ". The father of Nguyen Huy Tung, one of two 15-year-olds in the container, later learned of his son's death via social media. [56] Bail was refused on 30 April. Sweeney said there was a need for deterrent sentences because the control of immigration, which affects the social fabric of our country, our economy and our security is an area of considerable public concern. Sign up here. The chief constable of Essex police, Ben-Julian Harrington, said this was the biggest operation in his forces history. "[53], On 17 April 2020, a 42-year-old man from Tottenham was charged with an immigration offence related to the deaths. [31][32], Taoiseach Leo Varadkar spoke in Dil ireann and said that Irish authorities would investigate any involvement regarding their country. "There is no VIP service - these are the lies people are told to be exploited," he said. 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. I want to come back to my family. Tiep's mother, Hoang Thi Ai, told the BBC why they had changed their minds. All of the others convicted were Vietnamese or Belgians of Vietnamese origin and were accused of buying supplies for the migrants, transporting them in taxis or acting as look-outs at safe houses. However the involvement of the lorry drivers offered them no protection when too many people were packed into one container. 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. "All were to no avail and, before the ship reached Purfleet, [the victims] all died in what must have been an excruciatingly painful death. Three others members of the people-smuggling gang were also sentenced for conspiracy to facilitate unlawful immigration. Two years on from the tragedy, we look back to mourn the lives lost and the investigation which brought those responsible to justice. 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. His father, Hoang Van Lanh, believed his son was tricked, possibly at the last moment. Eight women and 31 men were sealed inside the vehicle for at least 12 hours as temperatures reached an "unbearable" 38.5C (101F). 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From the French capital, they had made their way to a town called Bierne, in northern France. [37] On 27 October, it was announced that these three had been released on bail. Sixteen days after police officers found the pile of bodies in the back of the refrigerated lorry. "He said he would not go in a container lorry and that it needed to be safe, even though the truck option was a lot cheaper.". It then travelled through the Republic of Ireland to Dublin, and from there by sea to Holyhead in Wales, from where it was driven to Purfleet. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. He described how he desperately searched for "signs of life", a pulse or a breath. "We thought maybe someone had broken into a lorry, but it's just awful. "For the 39 men and women inside, that lorry had become their tomb. On Monday . Police were called at 5am. Along with lorry driver Eamonn Harrison, 23, he has been found guilty of manslaughter. Each passenger paid smugglers between 10,000 and 13,000 to be brought from northern France. Have a good life. a recent documentary into the deaths revealed. A port worker who drove the trailer off the ship later reported noticing a pungent smell that was "similar to waste". The man is accused of "conspiring to smuggle non-EU nationals into the UK, contrary to immigration law, between 1 May 2018 and 24 October 2019. On 23 November, it was reported that one of the teenagers later found dead had gone missing from an asylum centre in the Netherlands. [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. Both men had made it as far as France - Tiep, via Russia, in 2017, and his older cousin a year later. My thoughts are with all those who lost their lives & their loved ones.". [49][50] In February 2020 five men and two women were charged in Vietnam with "organising or broking others to flee abroad or stay abroad illegally". 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. 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. Murder detectives try to identify 38 adults and teenager thought to have come in trailer from Belgium. In a tweet published shortly before 10.30am Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: "Im appalled by this tragic incident in Essex. So he did.". In his evidence, Nica said Robinson told him: "I have a problem here - dead bodies in the trailer.". [14] The investigation was the "largest mass fatality victim identification" investigation in the history of Essex Police. They had been working legally as fruit pickers in Hungary when they phoned their families in Vietnam to tell them there had been a change in plan and they would soon be travelling to the UK. [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. Sentencing, Mr Justice Sweeney said: "I have no doubt that the conspiracy was a sophisticated, long-running and profitable one to smuggle mainly Vietnamese people across the channel.". The two ringleaders of the people-smuggling gang responsible for the deaths of 39 Vietnamese people who suffocated in a sealed refrigeration container as they were transported across the Channel from France have received prison sentences of 27 and 20 years. [11][12], On 2 November, police clarified they were all Vietnamese. He was one of the organisers of the smuggling operation but denied involvement in the lethal trip. The county marks the two-year anniversary of one of the worst tragedies it's ever seen, Get the latest on all the biggest court and crime news in Essex direct from our expert court reporter. 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. She said: "We worked on the land and it was hard. They had been promised safe passage to our shores and they were lied to. [76], On 21 December 2020, verdicts were returned on Romanian ringleader Gheorghe Nica of Basildon and lorry driver Eamonn Harrison from County Down. [66] He was remanded in custody until 13 December when he appeared in court, via a video link from Belmarsh Prison in London where he was being held until his trial. [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. Det Ch Insp Stoten said: "The officers who attended that - most of them were very young in service and some of them had never experienced a dead person, a deceased person, before. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison. The red and white lorry is pictured at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, Essex, surrounded by forensic teams. [68], A second man, from County Armagh, also appeared at the Central Criminal Court on 13 December and pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit human trafficking offences between 1 May 2018 and 24 October 2019, by arranging or facilitating the travel of other people with a view to exploitation. [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. [94][95][96] Two ringleaders receive sentences of 27 and 20 years after 39 Vietnamese people suffocated in container. 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. he 39 people found dead in a refrigerated lorry were already trapped when they arrived at the Belgian coast en route to England, local officials have said. [21] The family of a 26-year-old Vietnamese woman made public her last text message to her parents which she sent as she was dying;[22] her family said they paid around 30,000 to smuggle their daughter from Vietnam to the UK. [86], Campaigners against human trafficking organised a vigil to take place outside the Home Office on 24 October in solidarity with the casualties. One of the biggest murder probes in British history is launched after the horrific discovery at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays. [29][30], The lorry and bodies were moved from the scene to a secure location in Tilbury Docks, another nearby port on the Thames, to continue the investigation. While the county came to terms with the tragedy on our doorstep, Essex Police launched the largest investigation in its history to bring down members of the international smuggling operation responsible for their deaths. Both Robinson and Hughes, of Tyholland, County Monaghan, admitted 39 counts of manslaughter and conspiring to assist unlawful immigration. "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.". They were both 35. [60] In March 2021, the man appeared in court again accused by Belgian authorities of being a member of a criminal organisation, being involved in human trafficking and using forged documents. It was a discovery that would hurl Essex into the international spotlight as police, press and forensics descended on the industrial estate that had become the scene of a devastating mass grave. A similar run was stopped at the mouth of the Eurotunnel at Coquelles in France on 14 October, when 20 Vietnamese migrants were discovered. 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"I am receiving regular updates from the Home Office & will work closely with Essex Police as we establish exactly what has happened. Nica flew out of the country the next day. Read about our approach to external linking. [56] His solicitor applied for bail and the prosecution opposed it. In the CNN report, this question was described to be "about the possibility of Chinese citizens being illegally trafficked" and "was rebuffed by the spokesperson". After several months in Poland, he made the journey to France with his heart set on making it across the channel to the UK. [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. Thurrock deaths: Aerial footage of lorry container in Essex where 39 bodies have been found. 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