Final member of people-smuggling gang linked to 39 migrant deaths convicted
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Tragically, some of those migrants would end up in the lorry part of the 39 men, women and children who died during the night October 22 and 23.” On that occasion, another driver, Maurice Robinson, picked up a container at Purfleet docks and found all 39 Vietnamese people aged between 15 and 44 dead. He replied: “Don’t know and neither do u.” Gormley told jurors he was trying to stop his mother from “gossiping” because she works in a doctors’ surgery and thought there might be “repercussions”. At that time the news had come out about what happened with the 39 dead and I didn’t want any affiliation with that.” Gormley also told jurors he had no reason to question Kennedy’s explanation for being caught with migrants in his lorry on October 14.
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