Lying trucker claimed he was following orders

A haulier accused of being part of a people-smuggling ring linked to the deaths of 39 migrants said he was only following orders when he lied about the human cargo in his lorry. Christopher Kennedy, 24, was ‘busted’ by a disgruntled warehouse boss after he tried to hide signs of human contamination in a biscuit delivery she had ordered last 18 October, jurors heard. He allegedly picked up two loads of non-EU citizens from Purfleet port, Essex, before 39 Vietnamese…