Two men have been found guilty of killing 39 Vietnamese migrants who suffocated inside an airtight lorry trailer where the temperature soared to almost 40C.
Ringleader Gheorghe Nica, 43, from Basildon, in Essex, and lorry driver Eamonn Harrison, 23, from County Down, Northern Ireland, could be facing life behind bars after they were found guilty of manslaughter by jurors on Monday.
The jury, which deliberated for nearly 23 hours, also convicted them of their part in a wider people-smuggling operation with Christopher Kennedy, 24, from County Armagh, and Valentin Calota, 38, from Birmingham.
The bodies of the migrants - 28 men, eight women and three children aged between 15 and 44 - were found "closely packed" inside the sealed HGV container
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