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Marius Draghici admitted the manslaughter of the 39 Vietnamese nationals found in a lorry trailer.

Ronan Hughes, 43, is serving a 20-year sentence for the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese nationals. He will pay £182,072 in compensation to the families of the victims.

First responders recall how the killer Essex lorry driver who found 39 Vietnamese migrants dead in his trailer didnt look stressed or flustered, in a BBC documentary about the case.

A single fingerprint led police to the witness who helped crack the case of the 39 Vietnamese migrants found dead in 2019, BBC documentary Hunting the Essex Lorry Killers reveals.

Even when they died they were together: Heartbreaking story of couple who left their young children in Vietnam to set up new life in the UK - as heartbroken parents reveal pair were holding hands when they died in back of Essex lorry Nguyen Thi Van and Tran Hai Loc were found holding hands inside lorry trailer Couple were huddled together when they were discovered among the 39 dead  The pair left behind their son Thang, seven, and five-year-old daughter Trang

  During the cross-Channel trip on board the Clementine, the group had desperately tried to raise the alarm, even calling the Vietnamese emergency number, as they ran out of air. When they found there was no mobile phone signal in the trailer, some recorded goodbye messages to their families. Nguyen Tho Tuan, 25, told his family: "I am sorry. I cannot take care of you. I am sorry. I am sorry. I cannot breathe. "I want to come back to my family. Have a good life." A metal pole had been used to ...

Gang used burner pay-as-you-go phones and evaded automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras  Ringleader Gheorghe Nica, 43, and driver Eamonn Harrison, 24, found guilty of 39 counts of manslaughter In May 9 2018, Harrison was issued with civil penalty notice after he was caught with 18 Vietnamese migrants Total of eight men now convicted in connection with the deaths of 39 Vietnamese men, women and children  In October last year, 39 Vietnamese migrants suffocated to death inside a lorry...

BBC News By Laurence Cawley and Gaetan Portal BBC News image captionPham Thi Ngoc Oanh, 28, from Nghe An, wrote a text message that was never sent "Maybe going to die in the container, cant breathe any more dear," read a text message typed by Pham Thi Ngoc Oanh. It was never sent. What led to her and 38 fellow Vietnamese nationals dying in the dark and sweltering heat of an airtight container? Driver Maurice Robinson pulled his articulated lorry over on a largely deserted Essex industrial park....

Last moments of migrants in Essex lorry horror: Chilling photos show how 39 Vietnamese victims slashed air holes in trailer as floor plan reveals bodies piled up inside - after two men are convicted of their manslaughter in £1m people smuggling ring Ringleader Gheorghe Nica, 43, and driver Eamonn Harrison, 24, found guilty of 39 counts of manslaughter In total, eight men now convicted in connection with the deaths of 39 Vietnamese men, women and children Nica and Harrison were convicted of man...