By Q Radio news
Four Northern Ireland men are due to be sentenced later for their roles in the manslaughter of 39 migrants who died in the back of a trailer.
The Vietnamese victims, aged between 15 and 44, suffocated in a container as they were shipped to Essex from Belgium in October 2019.
Truck driver 24 year old Eamonn Harrison, from County Down, was found guilty of 39 counts of manslaughter and plotting to people smuggle following a trial at the Old Bailey.
(The scene of the grim discovery in Essex)
Haulier boss Ronan Hughes, who's 41, and from Armagh and 26-year-old lorry driver Maurice Robinson, from Craigavon, admitted the offences.
They will be sentenced alongside 24 year old Christopher Kennedy, from County Armagh and others.
The maximum sentence for people-smuggling is 14 years in prison, with manslaughter carrying a possible life sentence.
The defendants, who are in custody, will be sentenced over three days at the Old Bailey.
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