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| Essex lorry deaths: driver charged with 39 counts of manslaughter | |
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| A 25-year-old man from Northern Ireland has been charged with 39 counts of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people, Essex police have said. | |
| Mo Robinson was arrested early on Wednesday morning after police were alerted to the discovery of 31 men and eight women found dead in the back of a lorry trailer in Grays, Essex. | |
| Robinson had picked up the trailer, which had arrived in Purfleet from Zeebrugge, with his Scania lorry cab less than an hour earlier. | |
| Four other people arrested over the deaths, including a 48-year-old man from Northern Ireland who was detained at Stansted airport on Friday on suspicion of conspiracy to traffic people and manslaughter, remain in custody. | Four other people arrested over the deaths, including a 48-year-old man from Northern Ireland who was detained at Stansted airport on Friday on suspicion of conspiracy to traffic people and manslaughter, remain in custody. |
| Officers had earlier arrested a couple, named locally as haulage boss Thomas Maher and his wife Joanna, both 38, of Warrington, on suspicion of 39 counts of manslaughter and people trafficking. | Officers had earlier arrested a couple, named locally as haulage boss Thomas Maher and his wife Joanna, both 38, of Warrington, on suspicion of 39 counts of manslaughter and people trafficking. |
| A fifth man, who is understood to be sought by Essex police in connection with the investigation into the deaths of 39 people found in a lorry in Grays on Wednesday, has also been arrested in Dublin. | |
| Irish police said: “Earlier today 26 October 2019 at Dublin Port, An Garda Síochána arrested a male in his early 20s from Northern Ireland on foot of an outstanding court order for an offence in this jurisdiction.” | |
| The man will appear in court later on Saturday. | |
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