Repeated calls to police about migrants two weeks before 39 deaths, court told

Gheorghe Nica (left) and Eamonn Harrison (right) two of four men to face trial (Elizabeth Cook/PA)

Gheorghe Nica (left) and Eamonn Harrison (right) two of four men to face trial (Elizabeth Cook/PA)

A “shocked” eyewitness called police three times about people jumping out of a lorry, a fortnight before the deaths of 39 migrants, a UK court has heard.

Marie Andrews and her partner Stewart Cox allegedly spotted a migrant drop outside their mobile home in Orsett, Essex, early on October 11 last year.

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