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Langdon Hills is a township located in the Borough of Basildon district in Essex, England. It is contiguous with the Basildon continuous urban area. It is located south of Laindon railway station on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway.

Essex lorry deaths: driver Maurice Robinson admits manslaughter

Apr 18,2020 9:26 pm

Maurice Robinson, confesses to 39 counts of manslaughter

truck driver Maurice Robinson has pleaded guilty at The Old Bailey on 39 counts of manslaughter after the death of a group of Vietnamese migrants.

The 31 men and eight women were discovered in a refrigerated trailer on the 23. October in Grays, Essex.

Robinson, 25, of Craigavon, County Armagh , to assist the previously admitted conspiracy to unlawful immigration law.

At the same Old Bailey hearing, co-defendant, Gheorghe Nica, 43, denied 39 counts of manslaughter.

the Two men appeared via video link during the hearing, which was conducted virtually, with most of the attorneys and court Reporter to participate via Skype.

the bodies of The Vietnamese nationals were discovered in an industrial area soon after the truck is in the UK on a ferry from Zeebrugge in Belgium.

Among The Men , women and children, 10 teenagers, two 15-year-old boys were.

The bodies were discovered in a refrigerated trailer

In March, it was revealed that they all died of asphyxiation and hypothermia.

three Other men charged, who appeared with other offences in connection with the death at The Old Bailey via video-link.

Romanian national Alexandru-Ovidiu Hanga, 27, of Hobart Road, Tilbury, Essex, denies a charge of conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration.

Christopher Kennedy , 23, of Corkley road in Darkley, County Armagh , has. so far, conspiracy refuses to support illegal immigration

Valentin Calota, 37, of Cossington Road, Birmingham, was not called upon to support a plea to the charges of conspiracy to unlawful immigration law.

Mr Nica, a British-Romanian citizens of Mimosa in the near Langdon Hills , Essex, in addition, a count of conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration between the 1 refused. May 2018 and 24. October 2019.

Robinson also admitted to transferring a charge of criminal property, but denied a charge of transferring criminal property.

Prosecutor William Emlyn-Jones, QC, asked for three weeks to decide whether you with a trial against Robinson, that free.

The Other defendants face a trial at The Old Bailey takes up to eight weeks. It is scheduled to begin at 5. October .



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Source of news: bbc.com

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