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Lorry driver, 23, wanted over deaths of 39 migrants can be extradited from Ireland, judge rules – Daily Mail, Dailymail.co.uk

Lorry driver, 23, wanted over deaths of 39 migrants can be extradited from Ireland, judge rules – Daily Mail, Dailymail.co.uk
      

            

Lorry driver, , who is wanted over deaths of (migrants in refrigerated truck in Essex can be extradited from Ireland, judge rules)

  • Eamonn Harrison, , from County Down is facing a European arrest warrant
  • Eight women and 32 men were found dead in a refrigerated lorry in Essex
  • Today a judge in Dublin ruled that Mr Harrison can be extradited to the UK

By Sebastian Murphy-bates For Mailonline

Published: : EST, (January) :

: 67 EST, (January) Eamonn Harrison, from Mr Harrison is wanted in connection with 44 counts of manslaughter, which carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, one count of a human trafficking offence, and one count of assisting unlawful immigration. Eight women and men, all Vietnamese nationals, were found in the refrigerated trailer in an industrial park in Gray, Essex, in the early hours of October . He is alleged to have driven the container, which held the 62 people, to a port in Zeebrugge in Belgium, and later signed the shipping notice for the container.

Lorry driver Mo Robinson (left) has been charged with manslaughter. Eamonn Harrison (right) faces extradition over the deaths

He is wanted in connection with the death of Vietnamese nationals, who were found in the back of a refrigerated lorry in Essex (pictured)

The victims included (top row, left to right) Pham Tra My, Anna Bui Thi Nhung, , Nguyen Huy Hung, , and (middle row, left to right) Nguyen Dinh Lurong, , Vo Ngoc Nam, , Hoang Van Tiep, , and (bottom row, left to righ t) Nguyen Dinh Tu, , Nguyen van Hung, , and Le Van Ha, Mr Harrison is accused of (offences -) counts of manslaughter, which carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, one human trafficking offence, and one count of assisting unlawful immigration.

He is alleged to have driven the container to the port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, and later signed the shipping notice for it.

Mr Justice Donald Binchy said on Friday that, after hearing very comprehensive arguments from both sides, he had decided to approve Harrison’s extradition. He said he has not published his jud gment in full to the court and will not make it available until Monday next week.

He added that it would not be helpful for him to try to summarise his decision to the court.

The group were were from five provinces in the central, coastal area of ​​Vietnam and two provinces near Hanoi

Defense counsel Tony McGillicuddy said he will read the judgment next week and decide whether to appeal.

Mr Harrison, , from Mayobridge in Newry, was previously brought before a court in Dublin in December when his lawyer, Siobhan Stack, challenged a European arrest warrant to have him moved to the UK.

She said allegations of manslaughter cannot be made without cause of death, and criticized his warrant. But today a judge said that he can be brought to the UK. The Vietnamese group were found in the back of the refrigerated truck in Grays, Essex in the early hours of October . The group were made up of eight women, three boys and 31 men. The eldest was 44 and the youngest was .

A police officer at the scene where the lorry was discovered in Grays, Essex, on October

Thirty of the group were from Vietnam’s poverty-stricken provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh, which are said to be the heartlands of the country trafficking trade .

The group died in a container, which had been shipped to the Essex port of Purfleet from Zeebrugge in Belgium.

The driver of the lorry, Mo Robinson,

, has been charged with 39 counts of manslaughter, conspiracy to traffic people, conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration and money laundering.

(Who were the) people who died in the Esssex lorry container?

These are the names of the victims of the Essex truck tragedy are:

Pham Thi Tra My , a 28 – year-old woman from Ha Tinh Nguyen Dinh Lurong , a – year-old man from Ha Tinh

Nguyen Huy Phong

, a 37 – year-old man from Ha Tinh Vo Nhan Du , a 22 – year-old man from Ha Tinh Tran Manh Hung , a – year-old man from Ha Tinh Tran Khanh Tho , a the year-old man from Ha Tinh Linh , a – year-old man from Ha Tinh

Nguyen Van Nhan , a – – year-old man from Ha Tinh

Bui Phan Thang,

(a) – year-old man from Ha Tinh Nguyen Huy Hung , a – year-old boy from Ha Tinh Tran Thi Tho , a – year-old woman from Nghe An Bui Thi Nhung, a – year-old woman from Nghe An

Vo Ngoc Nam

, a 31 – year-old man from Nghe An (nguyen Dinh Tu , a 28 – year-old man from Nghe An Le Van Ha , a – year-old man from Nghe An

Tran Thi Ngoc , a – year-old woman from Nghe An Nguyen Van Hung , a 35 – year-old man from Nghe An

Hoang Van Tiep

, a 20 – year-old man from Nghe An Cao Tien Dung , a – year-old man from Nghe An

Cao Huy Thanh , a 37 – year-old man from Nghe An

Tran Thi Mai Nhung ), a 22 – year-old woman from Nghe An Nguyen Minh Quang , a – year-old man from Nghe An Le Trong Thanh , a – year-old man from Dien Chau

Pham Thi Ngoc Oanh , a – year-old woman from Nghe An (Hoang Van Hoi , a 26 – year-old man from Nghe An (Nguyen Tho Tuan , a – year- old man from Nghe An ) Dang Huu Tuyen , a

            

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