Haulier to faces trial over 39 immigrant deaths

A haulier charged in connection with the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants found in the back of a lorry will stand trial in July next year. Caolan Gormley, 23, denied conspiracy to assist illegal immigration from May 2018 until the Vietnamese migrants suffocated to death in the container in Grays, Essex in October 2019. Twenty eight men, eight women and three children were killed on the final run as temperatures inside soared to 38.5C. Some tried to batter their way…