In October of 2019, a tragic incident happened when 39 Vietnamese migrants were found dead in a lorry in Essex. Recently, police arrested four men who were jailed for murdering innocent people. ‘There were desperate attempts to contact the outside world by phone and to break through the roof of the container. All were to no avail and before the ship reached Purfleet, [the victims] all died in what must have been an excruciatingly painful death.’
Four-Man Arrested For Slaughtering 39 Migrants Mercilessly In A Lorry
By
Sumaiya Ghani in
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On 24th January 2021
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A horrible incident happened in October 2019, when 39 Vietnamese migrants were found dead in a lorry in Essex
All the 39 people were killed mercilessly by heartless monsters, recently the four killers were arrested and put to jail. The innocent Vietnamese migrants were slaughtered, their bodies were found in Waterglade Industrial Park in Greys in October 2019.
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The migrants were trying to enter the country illegally
The migrants were traveling from Belgium to Purfleet and must have felt suffocated in the container.
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All 39 of them suffered ‘excruciatingly painful’ deaths
According to the judge, the migrants in the lorry would have suffered ‘excruciatingly painful’ deaths.
The poor people suffered great pain during their final hours as temperatures inside the container were said to have risen to 40C, in addition to high carbon dioxide levels.
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These are the pictures of the victims who will never return
The BBC News reported that Ronan Hughes, 41, and Gheorghe Nica, 43, were sentenced to 20 and 27 years respectively, as they played ‘leading roles’ in helping to transport the people to the UK.
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The murderers were arrested and put to jail
Apart from these people, Eamonn Harrison, 24, was sentenced to eight years in prison. Eamonn was found responsible for towing the trailer to Zeebrugge in Belgium before its journey to Britain.
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The other man involved was Maurice Robinson, 26, who collected the trailer on October 23 and drove it to the industrial park. Maurice was sentenced to 13 years and four months in prison.
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The reports say the victims tried their best to contact the outside world
The three other men, who were involved in facilitating unlawful immigration, were also prisoned: Christopher Kennedy, 24, for seven years; Valentin Calota, 38, for four-and-a-half years; and Alexandru-Ovidiu Hanga, 28, for three years.
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.’
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He continued: ‘There were desperate attempts to contact the outside world by phone and to break through the roof of the container. All were to no avail and before the ship reached Purfleet, [the victims] all died in what must have been an excruciatingly painful death.’
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People inside the container were murdered horribly and no matter what, they will never come back.
The judge said: ‘The willingness of the victims to try and enter the country illegally provides no excuse for what happened to them.’
It was reported that in order to get out the container, a metal pole had been used to try and pierce through the roof, instead only causing a dent. One voicemail said: ‘I can’t breathe. I want to come back to my family. Have a good life.’
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According to the reports, the driver Robinson who picked up the trailer received a text message from Hughes: ‘Give them air quickly don’t let them out.’
Robinson played a major part in the plot and later admitted to his heartless crimes. He said he was ‘horrified by what he saw’.
After murdering the migrants, the culprits exchanged a number of calls and then Robinson contacted emergency services.
He told Nica: ‘I have a problem here – dead bodies in the trailer.’