People smuggler jailed for killing 39 Vietnamese migrants

A Romanian people smuggler who charged a fortune for ‘VIP’ crossings to the UK has been jailed for 12 years and seven months for killing 39 Vietnamese migrants. The bodies were discovered in a lorry trailer in Grays, Essex, in 2019, after the temperature inside reached 38.5 degrees centigrade during their crossing. Ten victims were teenagers. Marius Draghici, 50, fled from the UK 36 hours after the bodies were found but was arrested in Romania last August and extradited to…