Haulier admits manslaughter over deaths of migrants in Essex

The lorry where 39 people were found dead (Victoria Jones/PA)

A haulier has pleaded guilty to his part in the deaths of 39 migrants in a trailer on the back of a lorry.

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 23 last year.