An Irish haulier has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of migrants who were found dead in the trailer of a lorry in Essex.He was one of several men accused of being part of a people-smuggling ring linked to the deaths of the 39 migrants last October.
The bodies of the Vietnamese nationals were discovered on an industrial estate in Grays, Essex, shortly after the lorry arrived in Purfleet on a ferry in the early hours of October 23rd last year.An inquest heard their medical cause of death was asphyxia and hyperthermia — a lack of oxygen and overheating — in an enclosed space.
In June, the High Court in Dublin ordered the extradition of Mr Hughes, from Leitrim, Silverstream, Tyholland, Co Monaghan, to the UK. Mr Hughes was arrested on the evening of April 20th at his home in Co Monaghan following the endorsement of a European Arrest Warrant issued by the police in Essex and had fought his proposed extradition to the UK through the Irish High Court. - Additional reporting PA
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