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| Essex lorry deaths: Police begin removing the 39 bodies | Essex lorry deaths: Police begin removing the 39 bodies |
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| Police have begun the process of moving the bodies of 39 Chinese nationals found dead in a refrigerated lorry in Essex. | Police have begun the process of moving the bodies of 39 Chinese nationals found dead in a refrigerated lorry in Essex. |
| Eleven victims were taken by private ambulance from the Port of Tilbury to Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford. | Eleven victims were taken by private ambulance from the Port of Tilbury to Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford. |
| Police have been granted an extra 24 hours to question lorry driver Mo Robinson, 25, on suspicion of murdering the eight women and 31 men. | Police have been granted an extra 24 hours to question lorry driver Mo Robinson, 25, on suspicion of murdering the eight women and 31 men. |
| Post-mortem examinations will be the next step in the investigation. | Post-mortem examinations will be the next step in the investigation. |
| The ambulance carrying the bodies left the port at 19:41 BST under police escort. | The ambulance carrying the bodies left the port at 19:41 BST under police escort. |
| A spokesperson for Essex Police said recovering all the bodies would take time and the dignity of the victims was their primary concern. | |
| Three properties in Northern Ireland have been raided and the National Crime Agency is working to establish if "organised crime groups" were involved. | |
| Police believe the tractor unit - the front part of the lorry - had entered the country via Holyhead in Wales on Sunday, having travelled from Dublin. | |
| The trailer arrived in Purfleet on the River Thames from Zeebrugge in Belgium at 00:30 BST on Wednesday. | |
| The lorry and trailer left the port at Purfleet shortly after 01:05 the same day. | |
| Ambulance staff discovered the bodies in the container at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays about 30 minutes later, just after 01:30. | |
| Vigils for the 39 victims were held outside the Home Office in London and at the front of City Hall in Belfast on Thursday. | |
| Speaking earlier, Essex Police Chief Constable Ben-Julian Harrington said he had the "utmost confidence" in his officers as the force leads its largest-ever murder investigation. | |
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