Essex lorry driver admits to 39 counts of manslaughter

Maurice Robinson pleads guilty after the deaths of a group of Vietnamese migrants

Essex lorry deaths
Police at scene where 39 bodies were found in a lorry in Grays, Essex
(Image credit: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images)

Lorry driver Maurice “Mo” Robinson has pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese migrants who were found dead in a refrigerated trailer last October in Grays, Essex.

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