The day: 39 dead Vietnamese in truck tugs convicted in London

The day
39 Vietnamese dead in truck tugs convicted in London

Do you remember the gruesome find that was made near London in October 2019? Police officers discovered the bodies of 31 male and eight female Vietnamese migrants in a refrigerated truck. There are now two traffickers in Great Britain negligent homicide To be sentenced.

  • The Old Bailey Court in London found the defendants, a Northern Irishman and a Romanian, guilty. The sentence will be announced in January. They face life sentences. Both defendants had denied the allegations against them.
  • In another proceeding, another driver of the truck, also a Northern Irishman, pleaded guilty to the negligent homicide in 39 cases. Another compatriot did the same. He is considered to be the leader of a ring of people smugglers. The verdict against these two men is to come at a later date.

The case had caused horror around the world. According to the autopsy report, the people locked in the container died Lack of oxygen and overheating.

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