Haulier admits manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese immigrants

A haulier has admitted killing 39 Vietnamese migrants who died in the back of a refrigerated lorry travelling into Britain. Ronan Hughes, 40, was part of an international ring ferrying non-EU citizens into the country. He pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to the manslaughter of eight women, two boys and 29 who were found in the back of a truck driven by Maurice Robinson, 25, in an industrial estate near Grays, Essex. Hughes also admitted conspiracy to assist in…