During the investigation, there was one crucial piece of evidence which cracked the case "wide open", a recent documentary into the deaths revealed. ", Cousins Hoang Van Tiep (left), 18, and Nguyen Van Hung, 33, died together in the container, Both Maurice Robinson (left) and Ronan Hughes admitted 39 counts of manslaughter in connection with the case, After receiving this message from his boss, Robinson got out of his cab, opened the trailer door and discovered the bodies, Gheorghe Nica, Eamonn Harrison and Christopher Kennedy were all part of the people-smuggling conspiracy, Ronan Hughes (left) was captured on CCTV meeting Gheorghe Nica at a hotel, Twelve days before 39 people were found dead in the back of a lorry, the same cab was seen repeatedly in a country lane in Orsett, Essex, This is the moment Maurice Robinson opened the trailer door and discovered the bodies inside was captured on CCTV, A relative paid tribute to Bui Thi Nhung as families mourned the deaths of the 39 people. 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. Shortly after 01:00, having picked up the trailer, Robinson got a SnapChat message from Ronan Hughes, his 40-year-old haulage boss from County Monaghan, Ireland. [24][25] By 7 November, all of the deceased had been formally identified. 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 . It is understood Phong is currently subject of further police inquiries but his full identity has not been revealed. [99], Families of those who died told reporters that they had been told that neither the British nor Vietnamese governments were willing to cover the cost of repatriating the bodies back to their homes. 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. The victims had used a metal pole to try to punch through the roof but only managed to dent the interior. They're not breathing.". [18], On 11 February 2020, Essex Police said that post-mortems gave a combination of hypoxia and hyperthermia as the provisional causes of death. He loved football very much and he loved UK teams as well as the Champions League. [13] The lorry was in Eastern Avenue at the Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, Essex. We've just seen what has been said online. "A load of immigrants just got out of a lorry, they just got into Mercedes and all that," Ms Andrews told the 999 operator. [45], On 1 November, a man from Northern Ireland was re-arrested in the holding cells of the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin following the execution of a European Arrest Warrant issued in the UK. "All were to no avail and, before the ship reached Purfleet, [the victims] all died in what must have been an excruciatingly painful death. All of the paramedics who attended that night were offered "enhanced support" from the service's well-being team in the aftermath, she said. 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.". We were struggling to give our children a proper education. 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. [23], On 3 November, Vietnamese officials provided DNA samples from people in Ngh An Province and essential documents to help identify the deceased. Earlier this month, Gazmir Nuzi, 43, of Barclay Road, Tottenham, north London, was sentenced, having admitted his limited role in the people-smuggling operation. [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. Speculation was rife as drips of information were fed through, clarified and confirmed while politicians stepped in to comment on the deadly discovery. 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. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. After his brief drive around Grays, Robinson again parked up at the industrial estate. [11] The police suspect that an Irish people-smuggling ring which has been under investigation for around a year might be involved. 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. A teenager's body was among the 39 discovered in the HGV at around 1.40am. They are believed to have been either victims of human trafficking (for example, as forced labourers), migrants who paid smugglers to move them to the United Kingdom, or both. At the Old Bailey, two lorry drivers were also jailed for manslaughter. By the end of the trial, the gang involved in the deadly people-smuggling operation were brought to justice. I am sorry. RM 2B4WWCW - Southend, Essex, UK. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison. Robinson had driven from Holyhead, a major Irish Sea port in north-west Wales, to collect the trailer. The bodies were packed so tightly together, he said, that he could only check "the bodies I could reach". Det Ch Insp Stoten said: "This crime group have been stopped on many, many, occasions in Europe and the UK - and they continued. He pleaded guilty last year to 39 counts of manslaughter and conspiring to bring people into the country unlawfully. All you have to do is to click here and type in your email address. 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. 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.". One of the biggest murder probes in British history is launched after the horrific discovery at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays. His barrister said Robinson, who admitted manslaughter, being part of the trafficking plot and money laundering, was "horrified by what he saw". Valentin Calota, 38, a pickup driver from Romania, who collected migrants from the lorry drop-off spot in Essex and drove them to London during an earlier consignment, was sentenced to four and a half years. "I didn't take my eyes off the lorry while I was on the [999] call.". He was charged with 41 offences, including 39 of manslaughter, and extradition proceedings began in the Irish High Court. [43] Two days later, the prosecutor said that the lorry driver pretended that the trailer was filled with cookies and biscuits. The migrants died "excruciatingly painful" deaths, having suffocated in the container en route from Belgium to Purfleet in October 2019, a judge said. "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.". 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He got out of the cab, went to the rear of the trailer and opened the doors. So he did.". ", Video evidence showed how the trainer containing 39 Vietnamese migrants made its way to the UK. [48], On 4 March 2020, a man from Essex was charged with an immigration offence related to the deaths. Update: Essex police have confirmed that no further action will be taken against Christopher Hughes. He added at the top of the conspiracy was a Vietnamese man called "Fong", who was based in London. "I can't breathe," he said. His loss is so sudden for us. Have a good life.". These are the first photographs of the lorry where 39 bodies were discovered today. The families of the victims who lost their lives continue to mourn their losses, with many still struggling with the debts of the money they spent in search of a better life. Communicating on the messaging app Viber, Phong agreed to arrange the trip for Witness X for 13,000. CCTV footage then placed the primary suspects together at the same hotel. [3] Refrigerated trailers can be kept airtight and frozen to preserve perishables, which could lead to an occupant dying of suffocation or hypothermia should they become trapped inside. Police have begun the process of moving the bodies of 39 people found dead in a refrigerated lorry in Essex. My thoughts are with all those who lost their lives & their loved ones.". [79], On 22 January 2021 the culprits were jailed for the incident. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. I am sorry. He was charged with unrelated offences. "All we know is they found the bodies in the back of a lorry. [59] The police operation was organised with a cross-border team organised by Eurojust that included Belgium, France, the UK and Ireland. Relatives said the victims had hoped to take up work in restaurants and nail bars in Britain, and planned to send their earnings home to help support their families. At 00:30 GMT on 23 October, 2019, the MV Clementine docked at Purfleet-on-Thames. [69] Counsel for the defence argued that many of the alleged offences occurred outside the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom and that the extradition warrant was unclear about whether the United Kingdom was asserting that the alleged offences occurred in UK jurisdiction or were extraterritorial. 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. Eleven of the victims - believed to be Chinese nationals - were taken by ambulance from . 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. ", Get email updates with the day's biggest stories. "Maybe going to die in the container, can't breathe any more dear," read a text message typed by Pham Thi Ngoc Oanh. [59] Thirteen people were arrested in France. "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.". The discovery of the Thurrock 39 all began with one 999 call from 26-year-old lorry driver Maurice Robinson. [31][32], Taoiseach Leo Varadkar spoke in Dil ireann and said that Irish authorities would investigate any involvement regarding their country. Channel 4 defended its decision as meeting its public service obligations, arguing that revelation of the ease with which people could be smuggled into Britain had become a "matter of urgent public interest". [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. PC Jack Emerson was one of the first at the scene. His co-conspirator Gheorghe Nica, 43, a Romanian lorry mechanic who helped coordinate the transport of the migrants, and who was found guilty last year of manslaughter and people-smuggling, was sentenced by Mr Justice Sweeney to 27 years in prison. The trial exposed for the first time a complex and lucrative operation which has for years illegally brought Vietnamese people into the UK. [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. [69] Judge Burns remanded the accused until 12 June 2020, when Ireland's High Court ordered his extradition to the UK. We knew people who had already made the journey. Matthew Long, deputy director of National Crime Agency, said the whole idea of some kind of special service was a con. The ambulance service informed Essex Police, who arrived shortly afterwards. Something went wrong, please try again later. Our enquiries are ongoing to establish what has happened. [69] The counsel for the state pointed out that the 39 people died after the trailer had entered the UK and that it was nonsensical to suggest their deaths had occurred anywhere other than the UK. Murder detectives try to identify 38 adults and teenager thought to have come in trailer from Belgium. 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. Two years on from the tragedy, we look back to mourn the lives lost and the investigation which brought those responsible to justice. [87], Channel 4 postponed a television series called Smuggled that was due to air on 28 October, in which British citizens try to smuggle themselves from mainland Europe to the UK. Video evidence showed how the trainer containing 39 Vietnamese migrants made its way to the UK. Eamonn Harrison, 24, who towed the trailer to the Belgian port of Zeebrugge before their journey to the UK, was sentenced to 18 years. Investigations revealed that they suffocated to death in 38 degrees in the refrigerated container, where all the oxygen was sucked out. In the BBC documentary Hunting the Essex Lorry Killers, it shared some of the devastating testimonies from the victims' families. He also denied conspiring to assist unlawful immigration over the same period, but did not enter any plea regarding 39 charges of manslaughter with which he was charged. [90], Liu Xiaoming, China's ambassador to the UK, said in a tweet that the embassy was in "close contact with the British police to seek clarification and confirmation of the relevant reports" and that "we read with heavy heart the reports about the death of 39 people". [51][52], On 29 January 2020, a man from Essex, who was the subject of a European Arrest Warrant, was detained in Frankfurt. "This time, they simply had too many people on board," he told the Old Bailey. Later, before the trailer was loaded on to a ferry, the driver had opened the doors and told them to "keep quiet all the time" and stand in the middle of the trailer and hold on to each other. [11][12], On 2 November, police clarified they were all Vietnamese. 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. [83][6] Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, said that she was "shocked and saddened by this utterly tragic incident", and that Immigration Enforcement were working with the Essex Police. "We are in the process of identifying the victims, however I anticipate that this could be a lengthy process. Witness X was taken to Phong's house in south London, where he stayed until his parents had "paid his fare" - a fare Witness X described as "too much" for what was supposed to be another "VIP" trip. His father, Hoang Van Lanh, believed his son was tricked, possibly at the last moment. [80], Two lorry drivers who were also involved in the incident were also jailed. Police were called at 5am. A cloud of steam that emerged from the trailer, caught on CCTV, spoke volumes of the heat that was still inside the trailer, the judge 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 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. In addition, Valentin Calota from Birmingham and Christopher Kennedy, from County Armagh, were found guilty of immigration offences. On 23 October 2019 we were called to a scene that no officer could ever have prepared for. Exactly two years ago, Essex was dealt one of the worst tragedies it's ever seen. 48 year old Romanian national Marius Mihai Draghici is believed to be part of the conspiracy to smuggle the migrants into the UK. They had all paid huge sums of money to reach Britain in search of a better life - paying up to 13,000 each. [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. The red and white lorry is pictured at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, Essex, surrounded by forensic teams. 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. Someone said he should go to the UK. A port worker who drove the trailer off the ship later reported noticing a pungent smell that was "similar to waste". 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. Det Ch Insp Daniel Stoten, of Essex Police, said: "They are callous and they are dangerous and they are out to exploit these people. They're all lying on the ground. Read about our approach to external linking. [28], On 29 October, Essex Police announced that two brothers from Armagh, Northern Ireland, one of whom owned the haulage company operating the lorry cab detained at Grays, were wanted on suspicion of manslaughter and human trafficking offences related to the incident. It was never sent. This article does contains many crime scene photos, as well as the group's strangely joyful exit interview video which was shot just before their deaths, Applewhite's final video, a house tour while the bodies were still inside, and an interview with a surviving member who does show a video of the cult going about their daily routines. [19][20], Initially the police said the deceased were all Chinese nationals and the Chinese embassy in London sent officials to assist with identification. gigs and tours harry styles; ozuna and karol g kissing; thayers witch hazel original vs unscented In the weeks before the tragic journey, the gang, led by Hughes and Nica, organised at least two other journeys smuggling Vietnamese migrants packed into the back of lorries into the UK. [80], On 21 March 2022, Dragos-Stefan Damian was jailed for three years and ten months after being found guilty of conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration. [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. When Robinson stopped on a nearby industrial estate, he found that the migrants were all dead. "Many people around here go overseas to find work. That call between Robinson and Hughes then triggered a flurry of further communications between other men involved in the trafficking operation. "I saw some legs come out. It's one of the many ways that you can read the news that matters to you from EssexLive. Witness X asked that friend for help. [28] The National Crime Agency suggested that organised crime might be involved. [65], On 25 November 2019, Maurice Robinson pleaded guilty in the Central Criminal Court to conspiring with others to assist illegal immigration and acquiring criminal property. RM GA0448 - A police officer at the scene of a shooting at Rayleigh railway station in Essex, after a member of the public was shot armed robbers today. [102] By the end of November, all bodies had been repatriated to Vietnam. I cannot breathe. [26] Names, ages and hometowns were released on 8 November; 20 were from Ngh An Province, 10 from H Tnh, 4 from Haiphong, 3 from Qung Bnh, 1 from Din Chu District and 1 from Tha Thin-Hu. It's unclear who they are or exactly how they came into the country but one of the biggest murder investigations in British history is underway. 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. [81], In January 2022, 19 people were convicted in Belgium of being part of a people smuggling ring connected to the deaths, including the ringleader Vo Van Hong who was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Police release CCTV of missing Essex man not seen for month, Great Oaks, Basildon, closed by police after incident, Clacton Railway Club to host memorial darts tournament, Southend and District Badminton Association week 11, Street light switch-off plan not safe and not sensible, Basildon Eastgate sees worker suffer 'serious injuries' in fall, Ukrainian ministers killed in helicopter crash, Iran man who beheaded wife jailed for eight years, German police deny Greta's detainment was staged. Open up, open up., Another father, Nguyen Tho Tuan, recorded a spoken message for his own family saying: "I am sorry. Lorry driver Maurice Robinson and haulage boss Ronan Hughes had previously admitted the manslaughter of the migrants. 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". Essex Police said the people were all pronounced dead at the scene in an industrial park in Grays, east of London. Ms Andrews described ringing police again after seeing the news of the 39 deaths on social media. The victims were 28 men, eight women and three children, two of them aged 15. Robinson, Harrison, Hughes and Nica were all jailed for manslaughter in January this year, receiving jail sentences of up to 27 years. Nica flew out of the country the next day. 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