39 found dead in truck in UK

[craffles]

Police in Britain have launched a murder investigation after 39 people were found dead in a truck container in Essex, east of London.

Police were called to the scene around 1:40am on Wednesday morning following the grisly discovery at Waterglade Industrial Park.Emergency services arrived but all 39 were pronounced dead at the scene. Early reports suggest the lorry contained 38 adults and one teenager.


A 25-year-old-man from Northern Ireland, the driver of the vehicle, has been arrested on suspicion of murder

Death truck driver’s Instagram post

British police have launched one of the largest murder probes in the nation’s history after the bodies of 39 people were discovered in the back of a truck on an industrial estate in Essex, east of London.

www.news.com.au

what the?!?! People smuggling? The lorry was from Bulgaria

 

[Kurve]

You just beat me to it Craffles. We might more expect horrible news like this to come out of Mexico, not Essex England.

 

[offtherails9]

Human trafficking gone wrong?

 

[craffles]

Human trafficking gone wrong?

has to be, pretty messed up. Feel for the emergency service workers involved and the victims families. Truly horrific

 

[Truckosaurus]

Human trafficking gone wrong?

Not the first time it's happened, unfortunately.

Hungary jails gang for deaths of 71 migrants in lorry

The suffocation of 71 migrants in a sealed lorry shocked the world in August 2015.

www.bbc.com

 

[JackNah_8]

 

[Killer Power]

Looks like the truck was registered in Bulgaria but hadn't been there for 2 years.

 

[craigos]

Wonder what the weather had been like on the trucks journey? Be more likely Carbon Dioxide poisoning was the cod.

Edit: Was a refridge container which differ to normal containers, no ventilation at all in those.

 

[Cole Dammett]

How did the authorities know to search the truck?

 

[Truckosaurus]

Someone called for an ambulance. Presumably the driver.

 

[FR0GGY]

Wonder what the weather had been like on the trucks journey? Be more likely Carbon Dioxide poisoning was the cod.

Edit: Was a refridge container which differ to normal containers, no ventilation at all in those.

Not only refrigerated but a freezer.

 

[Truckosaurus]

People smugglers are not highly ranked in the Criminal Mastermind league.

 

[JackNah_8]

The truck driver has not been charged , he discovered the bodies while going to check some paperwork from the truck. He ended up calling the authorities



. The media were quick to call him the murderer.

Driver was reportedly ‘horrified’ to find 39 bodies in back of UK truck

The driver of the truck found with 39 dead people in the back was the one to call police — and was “horrified” when he saw the mass of bodies while reaching for some paperwork, ac…

www.google.com

 

[craffles]

The truck driver has not been charged , he discovered the bodies while going to check some paperwork from the truck. He ended up call authorities



. The media were quick to call him the murder.

Driver was reportedly ‘horrified’ to find 39 bodies in back of UK truck

The driver of the truck found with 39 dead people in the back was the one to call police — and was “horrified” when he saw the mass of bodies while reaching for some paperwork, ac…

www.google.com

media were also pretty quick to put his photo and name out there and label him a murder accused pretty quickly too.

 

[HAPPY BUDDHA]

The saddest thing being these people had families in China, yet those families will never hear about this due to the media and Internet restrictions there.

These relations will probably go to their grave never knowing what happened to their loved ones who were most likely only going to make some money they could send home to create a better life for their children.

They will be forever thinking “did they just run out on us?”.

 

[Truckosaurus]

The Chinese embassy has said they're working to assist in identifying the bodies. If any country has biometrics of all of their citizens, it'd be China.

Of course, there are now reports that they may actually be Vietnamese in which case, yeah, some of their families may never know.

Essex lorry deaths: Appeal to Vietnamese over victims' identities

Officers in the UK appeal to those who fear relatives were among 39 found dead in a lorry in Essex.

www.bbc.com

 

[Sylvia Saint]

So what is the deal with Mo Robinson (i.e. the driver)? He COULD be involved but just looking at him and the circumstances, my gut feel is he's a young bloke in the wrong place at wrong time. I mean he called police less than 30 minutes after getting behind the wheel. If he is indeed innocent, will this be easy enough for him to prove?

 

[revo333]

So what is the deal with Mo Robinson (i.e. the driver)? He COULD be involved but just looking at him and the circumstances, my gut feel is he's a young bloke in the wrong place at wrong time. I mean he called police less than 30 minutes after getting behind the wheel. If he is indeed innocent, will this be easy enough for him to prove?

The latest article I read seems to suggest that's his involvement.

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

He's been charged with 39 counts of manslaughter, conspiracy to traffic humans, conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration and money laundering.

He's in more s**t than a Werribee duck.

 

[JackNah_8]

the latest:

25yo man charged with manslaughter over 39 bodies found in back of his truck

UK police charge a truck driver with 39 counts of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people in connection with 39 deaths in the back of the truck he was driving in south-eastern England.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Truckosaurus]

The manslaughter charge is going to be an interesting one to see play out in court, given that they were probably dead before he picked up the trailer.

 

[Kurve]

Another arrest of a young guy from Northern Ireland.

UK police make new arrest over migrant truck deaths

British police arrest a 23-year-old man from Northern Ireland over the deaths of 39 people from Vietnam whose bodies were found in a refrigerated container truck last month.

www.abc.net.au