Jury out in trial over deaths of 39 migrants found in trailer

Court artist sketch of Gheorghe Nica (left) and Eamonn Harrison (right), two of four men to face trial at the Old Bailey for being part of an alleged people-smuggling ring linked to the death of 39 migrants (Elizabeth Cook/PA)

A jury has retired to consider verdicts in the trial of alleged people-smugglers linked to the deaths of 39 migrants.

The Vietnamese migrants, aged between 15 and 44, were found dead in the back of a trailer in Essex on October 23 last year.