Lorry deaths people smuggler gets extra jail time for not paying compensation

Ronan Hughes, of Armagh, Northern Ireland, must serve an extra year and four months in jail (Essex Police/PA)

A haulage boss who admitted the manslaughter of 39 people who were found in the back of a lorry must serve an extra year and four months in jail after failing to pay the full amount of compensation ordered to families.

Ronan Hughes was jailed for 20 years in 2021 for the manslaughter of the Vietnamese nationals, aged between 15 and 44, found in a vehicle in Essex on October 22 2019.