Four men face trial over people-smuggling plot linked to deaths of 39 migrants

Bodies of 39 Vietnamese migrants were found inside the lorry Picture:Stefan Rousseau/PA

Four men are due to go on trial in the UK this week for their alleged part in a people-smuggling plot linked to the deaths of 39 migrants.

The bodies of the Vietnamese nationals were discovered inside a lorry container shortly after it arrived in Purfleet, Essex, on a ferry in the early hours of October 23 last year.