Essex lorry deaths: alleged gang ringleader pleads guilty to manslaughters of 39 people
by Miranda Bryant from on (#6CDX7)
Marius Mihai Draghici yet to be sentenced over deaths of Vietnamese nationals found in trailer in Purfleet
An alleged ringleader of a people-smuggling gang has pleaded guilty to the manslaughters of 39 Vietnamese nationals - men, women and children - more than three years after they were found dead in a lorry trailer in Essex.
The bodies of the people, who had agreed to pay up to 13,000 each for a VIP" smuggling service in hope of a better life in Britain, were found in a container transported by ferry from Zeebrugge in Belgium to Purfleet.
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