Haulier ‘ordered pizza after smuggling run’

A haulier accused of being part of a people-smuggling ring linked to the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants ordered a pizza after transporting human cargo into the UK, a court heard. Christopher Kennedy, 24, allegedly picked up two loads of non-EU citizens from Purfleet port, Essex, before the tragedy on 23 October last year. He is said to have transported the migrants on 11 and 18 October after they sailed across the English channel from Zeebrugge in Belgium. Kennedy allegedly…

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