Essex lorry deaths: alleged gang leader to be extradited to UK
by Rory Carroll from on (#54JWF)
Irish haulier Ronan Hughes faces 39 charges of manslaughter over smuggled Vietnamese nationals
The Irish alleged ringleader of a trafficking gang that transported a refrigerated truck in which 39 migrants died is to be extradited to Britain.
A high court in Dublin on Friday ordered the extradition of Ronan Hughes, 40, to face 39 charges of manslaughter and a charge of assisting unlawful immigration.
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