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A haulage boss accused of being part of a people-smuggling ring linked to the deaths of 39 migrants in the UK tried to stop his mother “gossiping” after news of the tragedy broke, a court has heard.
Giving evidence on Tuesday, Caolan Gormley told jurors that he thought the ring was engaged in smuggling alcohol rather than humans.
Caolan Gormley, 26, denied involvement in an unlawful immigration plot, which helped to bring 39 Vietnamese migrants into Britain illegally before they suffocated to death in the back of a lorry.
Caolan Gormley tells his trial he feared possible repercussions for her mother if she "gossiped".
Giving evidence on Tuesday, Caolan Gormley told jurors that he thought the ring was engaged in smuggling alcohol rather than humans.