Gheorghe Nica

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Handout photo issued by Essex Police of the 39 people who died in the truck. Photoraph: Essex Police/PA Wire
Essex lorry deaths: Members of Irish-Romanian gang jailed for up to 27 years
  • UK
  • January 22, 2021, 14:46

The two ringleaders of an Irish-Romanian people-smuggling gang responsible for the deaths of 39 Vietnamese people who suffocated in a sealed refrigera(...)

Police and forensic officers at the Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, Essex, after 39 bodies of Vietnamese migrants were found inside the lorry on the industrial estate. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire
Irish lorry driver found guilty of manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese migrants
  • UK
  • December 21, 2020, 13:37

An Irish truck driver could be facing life in prison following his conviction for the manslaughter of 39 migrants. The Vietnamese migrants, aged betw(...)

A CCTV image issued by Essex Police dated 23/10/19 of the trailer being taken off the ship at the Port of Purfleet, which was shown at the Old Bailey, London, during the trial. Photograph: PA
Essex lorry deaths: victims pleaded for lorry doors to be opened, court hears
  • UK
  • October 27, 2020, 20:20

Victims of an alleged people-smuggling gang desperately pleaded for the doors of a lorry container to be opened before all 39 of them suffocated, a co(...)

A court artist sketch of Eamonn Harrison at the Old Bailey in London. Photograph: Elizabeth Cook/PA Wire
‘I’m sorry’: Court hears of last message of dying Vietnamese migrant

A man recorded a final message to his wife and children, saying: “I’m sorry. I cannot take care of you”, as he suffocated in the back of a lorry with (...)

Gheorghe Nica (left) and Eamonn Harrison (right) two of four men to face trial, at the Old Bailey in London, for being part of an alleged people-smuggling ring linked to the deaths of 39 migrants in a lorry in Essex. Image: Sketch by court artist Elizabeth Cook/PA
Co Down truck driver goes on trial for manslaughter over deaths in container

A Co Down truck-driver accused of being responsible for the deaths of 39 Vietnamese men, women and boys found suffocated in a shipping container near (...)

Ronan Hughes is due to appear before the High Court, Criminal Courts of Justice, Dublin on Tuesday morning, for an extradition hearing. Photograph: HO/Essex Police/AFP via Getty
Gardaí arrest man sought for extradition over Essex deaths

A man from Northern Ireland is to appear before the High Court on Tuesday to face extradition in relation to the deaths of 39 illegal immigrants in Es(...)

Police activity on October 23rd at the Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, Essex, England, where the bodies of 39 Vietnamese people were found in a refrigerated container. Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA Wire
Man arrested in Northern Ireland over Essex truck deaths

Two men have been held on suspicion of manslaughter in connection with the deaths of 39 Vietnamese people found in a refrigerated container in Essex, (...)