Essex lorry deaths: Ronan Hughes admits manslaughter
A person has admitted manslaughter after the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants present in a lorry container in Essex.
The lads, ladies and youngsters have been found in a refrigerated trailer on 23 October in Grays.
Haulier Ronan Hughes, 40, of County Armagh, Northern Eire, admitted manslaughter and conspiring to help illegal immigration on the Previous Bailey.
A second man, Eamonn Harrison, 23, of Mayobridge, County Down, denied 39 costs of manslaughter.
He additionally pleaded not responsible to conspiring to help illegal immigration and faces a trial in October.
The our bodies of the Vietnamese nationals have been found at an industrial property quickly after the lorry arrived within the UK on a ferry from Zeebrugge in Belgium.
Ten youngsters, two of them 15-year-old boys, have been among the many useless.