Essex lorry deaths: People smuggling gang jailed for killing 39 Vietnamese migrants

People smugglers sentenced in U.K. for deaths of 39 Vietnamese in container truck

LONDON >> Four people smugglers convicted of killing 39 people from Vietnam who died in the back of a container truck as it was shipped to England were sentenced Friday to between 13 and 27 years in prison.

Smuggling ringleaders get decades in prison for lorry migrant deaths

The ringleaders of a people-smuggling group who were convicted for the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants in a lorry in England in 2019 were on Friday sentenced to decades in prison.A court ruled on Friday on Gheorghe Nica, 43, from Essex, east of England and Haulier boss Ronan Hughes, 41, of Armagh, who were identified as the ringleaders.Also read: 65-year-old woman bags 43 years jail term for sharing online posts that criticise royal familyNica …

Essex lorry deaths: Men jailed for killing 39 migrants in trailer

Four men have been jailed for the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese migrants found dead in a lorry trailer in Essex.

Britain Jails Smugglers in Deaths of 39 Vietnamese Migrants in Container

Four people-smugglers convicted of killing 39 people from Vietnam who died in the back of a container truck as it was shipped to England were sentenced Friday to between 13 and 27 years in prison.The victims, between the ages of 15 and 44, were found in October 2019 inside a refrigerated container that had traveled by ferry from Belgium to the eastern England port of Purfleet. The migrants had paid people-smugglers thousands of dollars to take t…

People smugglers jailed over truck container deaths of 39 people in UK

The Vietnamese migrants paid thousands of dollars for a risky journey to what they hoped would be better lives abroad, instead they got an "excruciatingly painful death” by suffocation.

27 years in prison for the Romanian found guilty of the death of the 39 Vietnamese in the "horror truck"

The Romanian involved in the death of 39 Vietnamese immigrants, suffocated in a refrigerated truck, was sentenced to 27 years in prison.