Police and forensic officers at the site in Grays, Essex when the bodies of the people were discovered. Image: Stefan Rousseau/PA Images Police and forensic officers at the site in Grays, Essex when the bodies of the people were discovered. Image: Stefan Rousseau/PA Images SIX MEN ARE due to appear at the Old Bailey accused of being part of a people-smuggling ring linked to the deaths of 39 people in the back of a container.
Eamonn Harrison, 23, of Mayobridge, Co Down, Northern Ireland, is alleged to have driven the lorry trailer to the Belgian port of Zeebrugge before it sailed to Purfleet in England. Irish haulier Ronan Hughes, 40, Co Armagh in Northern Ireland, was also extradited on the same charges.
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