SEVEN people smugglers have been jailed for a total of more than 92 years in prison after the tragic deaths of 39 Vietnamese nationals in October 2019. The men appeared at the Old Bailey in front of his Hon. Mr Justice Sweeney earlier today and have received a total of 92 years and 10 months imprisonment between them. The men had worked together to smuggle people illegally into the UK, with some receiving astonishingly high payment for their services, across three dates in October 2019. Chief Constable of Essex Police, Ben-Julian Harrington, acknowledged that the result upheld the promise he had made to the families more than a year ago.
TODAY, seven men have been sentenced to a total of more than 92 years in prison following our investigation into the tragic deaths of 39 Vietnamese nationals in October 2019.
The men appeared at the Old Bailey in front of his Hon. Mr Justice Sweeney earlier today, Friday 22 January, and have received a total of 92 years and 10 months imprisonment between them.
The men had worked together to smuggle people illegally into the UK, with some receiving astonishingly high payment for their services, across three dates in October 2019.
Chief Constable of Essex Police, Ben-Julian Harrington, acknowledged that the result upheld the promise he had made to the families more than a year ago.
Police launched a lengthy and complex investigation into the gang in 2019
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Phillip Brown, 54, was found among piles of fake £20 notes during the raid
When confronted by police, Brown told them: You have caught me red-handed
Trio jailed after UK’s largest counterfeit cash seizure Richard Stuart-Turner Thursday, January 21, 2021
Three members of an organised crime group have been jailed for conspiracy to print over £12m of counterfeit cash, following a police raid in May 2019 at an industrial unit in Beckenham, Kent.
(L-R) Co-conspirators John Evans, Phillip Brown and Nick Winter. Image: Kent Police
After what is believed to have been the single largest face-value seizure of fake currency in UK history, John Evans and Phillip Brown were jailed for over 15 years between them at Woolwich Crown Court yesterday (20 January), having previously admitted their involvement in the conspiracy.