Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Truck drivers charged in connection with container fatality

After appearing in a British court, two truck drivers from Ireland were remanded into custody over the death of a man found in a shipping container at Tilbury Docks.

Timothy Murphy and Stephen McLaughlin were charged with conspiring with each other and "with other persons unknown" to "clandestinely convey 35 Afghan nationals by sea in to an English port, which facilitated the commission of a breach of immigration law."

For more of the UTV story: www.u.tv

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