Lorry driver accused of 39 migrant deaths denies knowing they were in trailer

Lorry driver accused of 39 migrant deaths denies knowing they were in trailer

Gheorghe Nica (left) and Eamonn Harrison (right) (Elizabeth Cook/PA)

A lorry driver accused over the deaths of 39 migrants has told jurors he is “devastated” for their families but denies knowing they were in his trailer.

Eamonn Harrison, 23, was captured on CCTV as he dropped off a container containing the human cargo at Zeebrugge in Belgium on October 22 last year.

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