Essex shipping container murder investigation: Lorry driver charged over migrant deaths to appear in court

By Colin Ainscough
Published 28th Oct 2019, 07:31 BST
Police activity on Eastern Avenue, Grays, Essex, where 39 bodies were discovered in a lorry on Wednesday. Photo: Kirsty O'Connor/PA WirePolice activity on Eastern Avenue, Grays, Essex, where 39 bodies were discovered in a lorry on Wednesday. Photo: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire
Police activity on Eastern Avenue, Grays, Essex, where 39 bodies were discovered in a lorry on Wednesday. Photo: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire
A lorry driver is due to appear in court charged over the deaths of 39 migrants thought to have died in a refrigerated unit during a clandestine bid to enter the UK illegally.

Maurice "Mo" Robinson, of Laurel Drive, Craigavon in Northern Ireland, is due to appear via videolink at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court charged with 39 counts of manslaughter, conspiracy to traffic people, conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration and money laundering.

The bodies were discovered in a trailer compartment in the early hours of Wednesday on an industrial estate in Grays, Essex.

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