Second Lorry Driver Charged over 39 Migrant Deaths A man has been charged with human...

Published: 10:10 am November 24, 2019
Updated: 5:14 am October 8, 2025

Second Lorry Driver Charged over 39 Migrant Deaths

A man has been charged with human trafficking offences. The 23-year-old from #Darkley in Northern Ireland was arrested on Friday 22 November in connection with our enquiry in to the deaths of 39 Vietnamese nationals in a lorry trailer found in #Grays on 23 October. The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised charges of conspiracy to arrange or facilitate the travel of people with a view to exploitation and conspiracy to facilitate the commission of a breach of UK immigration law.

He is due to appear at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court on Monday 25 November.

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