‘I lied because I was terrified,’ says haulier accused of causing deaths of 39 immigrants

A haulier accused of driving 39 Vietnamese migrants to their death in the back of a lorry told a court he ‘faked a defence’ because he was ‘in a state of fear.’ Eamonn Harrison, 23, is accused together with people-smuggler Gheorge Nica, 43, of causing the deaths of the victims who were found suffocated in a trailer near Grays, Essex. Christopher Kennedy, 24, and Valentin Calota, 37, are also accused of having been part of the global smuggling ring driving…