A “global ring” of people smugglers was behind the attempt to bring 39 people into the UK who were found dead in the back of a truck in Essex last week, a court was told on Monday.
The allegation was made by the prosecution in the first court appearance of Maurice Robinson, known as Mo — the only person so far charged in connection with the deaths.
Mr Robinson was arrested shortly after the discovery of the bodies of eight women and 31 men in the back of the refrigerated trailer that he had driven on to an industrial park near Grays in Essex last Wednesday.
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