Two more arrested over Vietnamese truck deaths, UK police say

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LONDON: British police said on Tuesday (Feb 11) that two more arrests had been made over the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants found in the back of ...

FILE PHOTO: Police vehicles are seen at the scene where bodies were discovered in a lorry container, in Grays, Essex, Britain October 24, 2019. REUTERS/Simon DawsonLONDON: British police said on Tuesday that two more arrests had been made over the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrantsnear London last year while investigations indicated they had died of overheating and lack of oxygen.

Autopsies had concluded that the provisional cause of death was a combination of hypoxia - oxygen deprivation - and hyperthermia - overheating - in an enclosed space. Nica, who lives near Grays, appeared in court on Saturday accused of 39 counts of manslaughter and one count of conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration and is due to reappear at London's Old Bailey court on Mar 16.

Maurice Robinson, the British driver of the truck who hailed from Northern Ireland, admitted last November plotting to assist unlawful immigration and acquiring criminal property.

 

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