A people smuggler has been jailed for more than 12 years for the manslaughter of 39 migrants who were found dead in a lorry trailer in Essex in 2019
.39 counts of manslaughter and conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration.
He fled the country after the bodies were discovered and was detained by police in Romania last August and returned to the UK.In a televised sentencing at the Old Bailey on Tuesday, Mr Justice Garnham jailed Draghici for 12 years and seven months. He said the conditions inside the trailer where the victims died were"unspeakable" with"people trapped inside the trailer with no ventilation and no way of getting out".People smuggler sentenced over 39 deaths
They died after running out of air in temperatures of up to 38.5C in the trailer, which was shipped from Belgium to Purfleet docks in Essex.
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