Essex lorry
deaths:
Identities of
all 39 victims
revealed,
including ten
teenagers
Ten
teenagers including two 15-year-old boys were among the 39 people found
dead in a lorry after being smuggled into the UK, police have confirmed.
The
names and ages of all the victims were officially released on Friday afternoon,
just over two weeks after their bodies were discovered in a trailer in Grays, Essex.
They
included Pham Thi Tra My, 26, who texted her mother to say “I’m dying because I
can’t breathe” as she was transported to Purfleet from Zeebrugge
in Belgium.
All
39 victims, eight of whom were female and 31 male, came from six provinces in Vietnam.
The
youngest were the 15-year-olds Nguyen Huy Hung, from Ha Tinh, and Dinh
Dinh Binh from Hai Phong, while the oldest was a 44-year-old man, Le Trong
Thanh from Dien Chau.
Essex Police said in a statement that they had all been
formally identified after a commission was set up, overseen by the county’s
senior coroner Caroline Beasley-Murray.
“Our priority has been to identify the
victims, to preserve the dignity of those who have died and to support the
victims’ friends and families.
“It remained of paramount importance to us to
ensure that an individual’s next of kin were informed, and that they were given
some time to absorb this tragic news before we publicly confirmed their loved
one’s identity.
“We
have worked closely with the National Crime Agency, the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, and the Vietnamese authorities to identify and locate
their families.”
Ms Beasley-Murray
offered her “deepest condolences” to the victims’ families and added: “My
thoughts are with them at this unimaginably difficult time.”
The
full list of victims is:
·
Pham
Thi Tra My, a 26-year-old woman from Ha Tinh
·
Nguyen Dinh Luong, 20-year-old man from
Ha Tinh
·
Nguyen Huy Phong, 35-year-old man from
Ha Tinh
·
Vo Nhan Du, 19-year-old man from Ha
Tinh
·
Tran
Manh Hung, 37-year-old man from Ha Tinh
·
Tran Khanh Tho, 18-year-old man from Ha
Tinh
·
Vo Van Linh, 25-year-old man from Ha
Tinh
·
Nguyen Van Nhan, 33-year-old man from
Ha Tinh
·
Bui
Phan Thang, 37-year-old man from Ha Tinh
·
Nguyen Huy Hung, 15-year-old boy from
Ha Tinh
·
Tran Thi Tho, 21-year-old woman from
Nghe An
·
Bui Thi Nhung, 19-year-old woman from
Nghe An
·
Vo Ngoc Nam, 28-year-old man from Nghe
An
·
Nguyen Dinh Tu, 26-year-old man from
Nghe An
·
Le Van Ha, 30-year-old man from Nghe An
·
Tran Thi Ngoc, 19-year-old woman from
Nghe An
·
Nguyen Van Hung, 33-year-old man from
Nghe An
·
Hoang Van Tiep, 18-year-old man from
Nghe An
·
Cao Tien Dung, 37-year-old man from
Nghe An
·
Cao Huy Thanh, 33-year-old man from
Nghe An
·
Tran Thi Mai Nhung, 18-year-old woman
from Nghe An
·
Nguyen Minh Quang, 20-year-old man from
Nghe An
·
Le Trong Thanh, 44-year-old man from
Dien Chau
·
Pham Thi Ngoc Oanh, 28-year-old woman
from Nghe An
·
Hoang Van Hoi, 24-year-old man from
Nghe An
·
Nguyen Tho Tuan, 25-year-old man from
Nghe An
·
Dang Huu Tuyen, 22-year-old man from
Nghe An
·
Nguyen Trong Thai, 26-year-old man from
Nghe An
·
Nguyen Van Hiep, 24-year-old man from
Nghe An
·
Nguyen Thi Van, 35-year-old woman from
Nghe An
·
Tran Hai Loc, 35-year-old man from Nghe
An
·
Duong Minh Tuan, 27-year-old man from
Quang Binh
·
Nguyen Ngoc Ha, 32-year-old man from
Quang Binh
·
Nguyen Tien Dung, 33-year-old man from
Quang, Binh
·
Phan Thi Thanh, 41-year-old woman from
Hai Phong
·
Nguyen Ba Vu Hung, 34-year-old man from
Thua Tien Hue
·
Dinh Dinh Thai Quyen, 18-year-old man
from Hai Phong
·
Tran Ngoc Hieu, 17-year-old boy from
Hai Duong
·
Dinh Dinh Binh, 15-year-old boy from
Hai Phong
Essex
Police said the UK and Vietnamese governments were working together to
repatriate the victims.
Maurice Robinson, a 25-year-old lorry driver from
Northern Ireland, has been charged with 39 counts of manslaughter, conspiracy
to traffic people, conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration, and money
laundering.
A
second man, Eamonn Harrison, 22, was charged with 39 counts of manslaughter,
along with human trafficking and immigration offences, after being arrested in
Ireland last week. Essex Police have started extradition proceedings to
bring him to the UK.
Detectives
have also urged Ronan Hughes, 40, and his brother Christopher, 34, said to have
links with the road haulage and shipping industries, to hand themselves in for
questioning.
Source: www.independent.co.uk, 8 November 2019