Lorry driver remanded over container deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants in Essex

The bodies of the Vietnamese nationals were discovered on an industrial estate in Essex shortly after the container arrived in Purfleet on a ferry in the early hours of October 23 last year.

A lorry driver has appeared in court in England charged with the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese migrants who were found dead inside a container in Essex.

Eamonn Harrison, 23, of Mayobridge, Co Down, Northern Ireland, was extradited from Ireland to the UK today and appeared before Southend Magistrates’ Court in the south of England for a virtual hearing today.