Maurice Robinson appeared via video-link charged with 39 counts of manslaughter A driver accused of the manslaughter of 39 people found dead in a lorry was part of a "global ring" of people smugglers, prosecutors have alleged. Maurice Robinson, from Craigavon, was remanded in custody at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court. The 39 bodies were found in the lorry trailer...
Le Minh Tuan, pictured here, fears his son, Le Van Ha, was among the dead in Essex Inside the modest home of Le Van Ha there is wrenching despair, as his family tries to come to terms with the likelihood that he was inside the ill-fated container in Essex where 39 people were found dead. His grandmother...
The families of Pham Thi Tra My and Nguyen Dinh Luong are concerned they may be among the victims Three people arrested in connection with the deaths of 39 people found dead inside a lorry in Essex have been released on bail. The suspects, two men and a woman, had been held on suspicion of manslaughter and...
Maurice Robinson will appear before magistrates on Monday, police have said A lorry driver has been charged with the manslaughter of 39 people found dead inside a refrigerated trailer. Maurice Robinson, 25, was arrested after the bodies of 31 men and eight women were found in Grays on Wednesday. He is further charged with people trafficking, immigration and...
The bodies were discovered in the early hours of Wednesday Efforts to identify 39 bodies found inside a lorry are focusing on the Vietnamese community, police have said, as officers seek to establish whether a "wider conspiracy" was involved. Eight women and 31 men were discovered in Grays, Essex, on Wednesday. Det Ch Insp Martin Pasmore said he...
Pham Thi Tra My's brother said the family had arranged for £30,000 to be paid to smugglers At least six of the 39 people found dead in a lorry trailer in Essex may have been from Vietnam. The BBC knows of six Vietnamese families who fear their relatives are among the victims. They include Pham Thi Tra My,...
The bodies were discovered in the early hours of Wednesday Two people have been arrested on suspicion of the manslaughter of 39 people found dead in a refrigerated lorry in Essex. The man and woman, both 38, from Warrington, Cheshire, were also held on suspicion of conspiracy to traffic. The BBC has spoken to the families of three...
The bodies were found in a lorry trailer in the early hours of Wednesday Post-mortem examinations are beginning of the 39 people who were found dead in a lorry container in Essex. How are people identified in such circumstances? The first step is to look for circumstantial evidence, says Dr Noemi Procopio, a lecturer in forensic science...
People smugglers in northern France charge up to €10,000 (£8,640; $11,100) per person for passage to the UK Puythouck camp, in the woods near Dunkirk, is a place where you queue for everything, while waiting for only one thing: the chance to hide inside a lorry bound for the UK. Meanwhile, in this vast open-air waiting room,...
Channel 4's Smuggled followed members of the public as they tried to evade border checks Channel 4 has postponed the broadcast of a new documentary after 39 bodies were discovered in a lorry in Essex. Smuggled was set to follow eight members of the public as they tried to enter the UK from Europe by evading border...
