{"id":16378,"date":"2020-08-28T12:25:27","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T16:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16378"},"modified":"2020-08-29T09:27:10","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T13:27:10","slug":"armagh-haulier-pleads-guilty-to-migrant-manslaughter-in-essex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16378","title":{"rendered":"Armagh Haulier Pleads Guilty To Migrant Manslaughter In Essex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/essex_migrant_deaths.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16379\" srcset=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/essex_migrant_deaths.png 600w, http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/essex_migrant_deaths-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>A haulier from Northern Ireland has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of migrants who were found dead in the trailer of a lorry in Essex.<\/p>\n<p>Ronan Hughes (40) of Co Armagh admitted the charge on Friday at the Old Bailey.<\/p>\n<p>He was one of several men accused of being part of a people-smuggling ring linked to the deaths of the 39 migrants last October.<\/p>\n<p>The bodies of the Vietnamese nationals were discovered on an industrial estate in Grays, Essex, shortly after the lorry arrived in Purfleet on a ferry in the early hours of October 23rd last year.<\/p>\n<p>Among the men, women and children were 10 teenagers, two of them 15-year-old boys.<\/p>\n<p>An inquest heard their medical cause of death was asphyxia and hyperthermia \u2013 a lack of oxygen and overheating \u2013 in an enclosed space.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-16378\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16378&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-16378\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16378&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-16378\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16378&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16378\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A haulier from Northern Ireland has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of migrants who were found dead in the trailer of a lorry in Essex. 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