[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Mo will be suing I expect and good luck to him, bad enough that he would have been the first to find the bodies but to be inaccurately named by the media as well as his address given out

He's still being questioned and his home is being searched, I expect suing will be the least of his worries..

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by MTVN

He's still being questioned and his home is being searched, I expect suing will be the least of his worries..

Didn't Josy say he was released without charge? I haven't seen the news yet, so I am going by Tibb fake news

[Beso]

Mo the patsy...at least he had the decency to phone the authorities when he found out what he was carrying.

But due to public outcry he will be punished severely...poor ****.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by MTVN

I suspect what happened was this guy was probably offered a significant amount of money to pick up a container 'no questions asked'..

maybe but he obviously checked the back and phoned for an ambulance straight off

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Cherie

maybe but he obviously checked the back and phoned for an ambulance straight off

It said on the News that he picked up a sealed container with his tractor unit. And some of his lorry driver mates said that it wasn't unusual for them to come to England and pick up a cargo.

[Beso]

Where it was found is a sleeping point for drivers..I know because my footsteps passed that very spot every morning for 4 years.

[arista]

[The Bulgarian ministry of foreign affairs
said the Scania truck was
registered in Varna,
on the east coast of the country,
under the name of a company owned
by an Irish citizen.
Police said it was "highly unlikely"
the victims were Bulgarians, the ministry added.]

[arista]

[arista]

[Cherie]

Typical Sun headline, it wasn’t his truck was it

[arista]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Typical Sun headline, it wasn’t his truck was it

He was the Driver
Bulgaria to Essex

[Twosugars]

On second thoughts, it is strange papers just went ahead publishing his name just like that. The investigation has just begun. And why the initial charge was murder not manslaughter?
Odd.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by arista

He was the Driver
Bulgaria to Essex

He collected the container from Purfleet.

Typical Sun headline, have they learned nothing?

[arista]

[arista]

[arista]

Originally Posted by Livia

He collected the container from Purfleet.

Typical Sun headline, have they learned nothing?

Yes Purfleet
to Essex


Thank You for Correcting me

[Livia]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes Purfleet
to Essex


Thank You for Correcting me

You're welcome, arista. Actually Purfleet is in Essex.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Livia

You're welcome, arista. Actually Purfleet is in Essex.

Yes of course
well known zone

[Ammi]

...the face of news media is becoming similar to the face of social media and it’s so potentially damaging to lives...it’s easy to connect the small amount of information to know who the driver was ...but that’s all that appears to be known...other than he’s giving whatever information he has to the police...which he obviously would...the police have said that the investigations will be very lengthy, that there is so much that is unknown atm...so it seems really bizarre that a murder charge is already being stated...we don’t even know if those poor people were living when their bodies entered the container...we barely know anything at all...there will be extensive investigations before even the police know anything...


...I’m not confident that any/all of those people will be able to be identified and their families informed, which is incredibly sad...

...on a separate note, it’s made me think also of those who do survive a journey in a container such as this...and as well as dehydration and physical issues resulting from the journey conditions...the emotional/psychological issues must quite often be unthinkable as well...all terrible sad...

[Ammi]

...the emotional support needed for the emergency services attending as well.../...horrendous for them.....

[arista]

SkyNewsHD
just reported the dead are
Chinese Nationals

[Cherie]

I don't think anyone was expecting it to be Chinese Nationals

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I don't think anyone was expecting it to be Chinese Nationals

No, that is surprising

[Nicky91]

i'd say if the driver is indeed guilty of murder, it would be ''multiple homicide'' and i guess for multiple homicides at least in america some get life sentences in prison

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I don't think anyone was expecting it to be Chinese Nationals

The political situation (Hong Kong's resistance) is going to make this much, much more common in the coming years. China has thus far done a very good job of keeping its main population "patriotic" and out of the loop, but the news about Hong Kong is spreading in China even with the Great Firewall in place. There are 1.4 billion people in china... if even 0.1% of them were to want to leave, that's well over a million people. Staggering numbers really.

Currently, I'm actually very surprised there aren't SIGNIFICANTLY more refugees coming in from Hong Kong. Actually, do we know if these "Chinese nationals" are actually from Hong Kong rather than "mainland" China?