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Two more people arrested over deaths of 39 people found in lorry in Essex

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

12:51 25 Oct 2019


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Two more people have been arrested over the deaths of 39 people found in a lorry container in Essex.

The 38-year-old man and 38-year-old woman from Warrington, UK, have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to traffic people and on suspicion of 39 counts of manslaughter.

Meanwhile, the driver of the lorry - a 25 year old man from Co. Armagh - remains in custody on suspicion of murder.

Gardai, the PSNI and Essex Police are now trying to establish who hired the trailer from an Irish company, GTR.

Work is now underway to establish the identities of the 31 men and 8 women who were discovered the the lorry container.


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