39 people found dead inside lorry in Essex...
 

Police have arrested a lorry driver on suspicion of murder after 39 bodies were found in a container in Essex.

Essex Police said it was called by the ambulance service shortly before 1.40am on Wednesday following the discovery of a lorry container with people inside.

It is thought that they found the bodies of 38 adults and one teenager inside the container at Waterglade Industrial Park, Eastern Avenue, Grays.

All 39 people were pronounced dead at the scene.

Officers said the lorry had arrived in the UK from Bulgaria via Holyhead, North Wales on Saturday.

Police have arrested one 25-year-old man from Northern Ireland on suspicion of murder.

Chief Superintendent Andrew Mariner said: “This is a tragic incident where a large number of people have lost their lives. Our enquiries are ongoing to establish what has happened.

“We are in the process of identifying the victims, however I anticipate that this could be a lengthy process.

“We believe the lorry is from Bulgaria and entered the country at Holyhead on Saturday 19 October and we are working closely with our partners to investigate.

“We have arrested the lorry driver in connection with the incident who remains in police custody as our enquiries continue. I appreciate this cordon is going to disrupt the activity of local businesses in the area and we will work to ensure that disruption is kept as short as possible. We are working with Thurrock Council to mitigate against any impact our investigation scene will have locally.”

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/police-lau...084103954.html

Northern Ireland Driver arrested over 39 dead illegal migrants Essex
 

From Bulgaria
he is 25 years old

https://news.sky.com/story/39-dead-b...essex-11842770

Oh my gosh how horrifying.

So it arrived here Saturday but they were found dead still inside the lorry on Wednesday? :(

Horrific, hope they died quickly

No in a Lorry it would be slow
The Northern Irish Driver is 25
Police will try to find , who else is involved in this
Illegal migrant deaths

Tragic :sad:

Horrific for those poor people, and for the attending officers and paramedics.

Tragic :(, but anyway why would they suspect the driver, for all we know they might've been stowaways and he was unaware they were inside

just heard it on our local brabant radio during lunch

Anyone know how they died ? was it carbon monoxide poisoning,seems a large group of people to die. its tragic .

Massive Truck
could be a fridge unit ?

...their carriage to a more hopeful life became their coffin...I wonder if they were given food and water on their journey...

Awful, so sad people feel the need to put themselves in so much danger in search of a better life. We don't know how lucky (and it is pure luck, I think people would do well to remember that sometimes) we are to have been born on this side of the world

I think the migrants
take their own water bottles

...I was just thinking similar last night when i was watching some footage in Turkey atm...horrendous and a world we can’t even conceive...

Absolutely, it's very easy to stand back and dehumanise what we can't even comprehend but it could easily have been any one of us here too, we don't get to choose who or where our parents are

...one of the people was a teenager...I wonder if their families will be able to be located and notified of their deaths...or if they’ll never know..:sad:..it’s terribly sad...

Some scumbags made a fortune from those people. Anyone caught trafficking people for any reason should spend the rest of their life in prison.

Wow 39. A number that's difficult to fathom...

Honestly (very grim thought) it makes me wonder how many "smuggling" gangs out there even bother making the journey. I would imagine there are groups out there taking people's money, loading them into a truck and driving them straight to a hole in the ground.

The whole situation is just abysmal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_smuggling

here's a wikipedia article about people smuggling, human trafficking

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Its was reported
the Massive Lorry went to Dublin
by sea, then to Wales
then to Essex.

So many hours
sealed in that Lorry.

"Murder"? Surely it's more likely they were just stowaways who didn't survive the journey?

The Police seem to have other evidence
soon to come out.

Horrific. I can't imagine it being an accident if the driver's been charged with murder.

Evidently we need to make it so illegals can't force their way into vehicles heading this way, so as to preserve their lives.

RIP to them

I think it would have been quick, in a metal box they wouldve run out if oxygen :( awful thing to happen I really hope the driver wasn't aware they were stowing away.

I seriously doubt you'd get 39 stoways in your truck without knowing about it

It's a bit gross to frame this story like that.

If they were stowaways on a randomer's truck then the driver wouldn't have been arrested for murder. It's very grim to use this story to push an agenda that places blame on the victims themselves.

Drivers will collect a lot of cash for sneaking in illegal immigrants

Drivers have a responsibility for ensuring they have no illegals on board. It's a big fine otherwise. It's easy enough for a driver to check the integrity of their vehicle

Hard to understand how the driver of the lorry wouldn't have known the unit was sealed airtight

...there is one report saying it was a ‘chiller lorry’ with an inside temperature of minus 25 degrees...

If that is the case though, what did the driver think he was going to do with guaranteed 39 dead bodies, I think maybe the chiller bit was off but he didn't factor in that they would run out of air or something :shrug: which is very odd but I cant imagine that he loaded up 39 took the cash and then thought he would wing it with 39 bodies at the other end

The lorry went straight from Zeebrugge to Purfleet, it did not go via Ireland

A 25-year-old driver from Northern Ireland was arrested on suspicion of murder.

Local police and community sources told the Guardian that the arrested man was believed to be Mo Robinson, from Portadown, County Armagh. Essex police declined to comment.

On Wednesday afternoon the Bulgarian ministry of foreign affairs said the truck was registered in the coastal town of Varna. It was registered under the name of a company owned by a female Irish citizen, Reuters reported.


The victims, found at the Waterglade industrial park in Grays, were all adults apart from one teenager, Essex police said.

Not that keen on naming anyone without confirmation from the police if I am honest

https://e3.365dm.com/19/10/768x432/s...20191023160424
The Evil Driver , making Extra Cash

Dont know about evil Arista. But certainly stupid and greedy.
Wonder if it was his first time or there was a regular shuttle service going on from Bulgaria.
It is close to Turkey and the refugee route from the middle east

:nono: the police have just asked people not to speculate as to his identity, he might be completely innocent apart from not doing his job very well

Sod The Police
they work Slow