A truck driver pleaded guilty to 39 counts of manslaughter Friday in the deaths of dozens of Vietnamese immigrants who were discovered in the back of a container truck last year in southeastern England. BRITISH POLICE IDENTIFY 39 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS FOUND DEAD INSIDE REFRIGERATED TRUCK LAST MONTHRonan Hughes, 40, of County Armagh in Northern Ireland, entered the pleas in Central London Criminal Court. Hughes also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration of non-European Union citizens between May 1, 2018 and Oct. 24, 2019. Another driver, Maurice Robinson, 25, of Craigavon in Northern Ireland, pleaded guilty to 39 counts of manslaughter in April. ICLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APPIn June, Alexandru-Ovidiu Hanga, 28, admitted to one count of conspiring to assist unlawful immigration.

Source: Fox News August 29, 2020 19:07 UTC