UK - 39 bodies found in lorry container, Essex, 23 Oct 2019 #2

[Jealoushe]

Typical rate of £500 per trafficked person. If that's correct Mo stood to gain £19,500 for his last run.

Imagine doing this weekly? Millions...just for the driver.

 

[CSIDreamer]

Imagine doing this weekly? Millions...just for the driver.

And drivers seem to be fairly low on the organizational chart.

 

[CaptainNancy]

Either this will result in a comprehensive clean up of the organised gangs behind this, or else a conspiracy of inefficiency will leave MR and EH exposed to take the full force of human and political outrage, slammed up for years, while the whole evil business slides on relentlessly.

 

[alice500]

Either this will result in a comprehensive clean up of the organised gangs behind this, or else a conspiracy of inefficiency will leave MR and EH exposed to take the full force of human and political outrage, slammed up for years, while the whole evil business slides on relentlessly.

Maybe the only way to stop this is to realise it is a business .. it will only exist whilst there is some benefit to the perpetrators.

 

[alice500]

And they own the cab that dropped the trailer off at Zeebrugge, the cab that picked it up at Tilbury, and hired the trailer.... Meanwhile Eamon Harrison WAS able to be arrested without the European warrant and kept for questioning over his role driving the cab even though he was apprehended in Dublin...

It is all very mysterious.

EH was arrested on a different existing charge.

What is interesting is the apparent time it takes to obtain an EAW.

It looks like it may be of the order of 2 weeks?

One wonders what is involved in such a process .. and why the EAW for RH and CH appears to be taking so long.

 

[alice500]

I would guess that's just bad reporting. He had travelled from Calais to Dover, not "was travelling from Calais to Dover" as that Irish link has it.

Chippenham Lorry:

Seems like this case, although very similar to the current thread, is not directly related. And therefore maybe should be started as a different thread / topic?

As a Newbie, I am not sure how to do this.

The driver, who was arrested, seems to have been released without charge.

The cargo (15 "migrants") have been arrested on suspicion of entering the UK illegally.

 

[alice500]

EH was arrested on a different existing charge.

What is interesting is the apparent time it takes to obtain an EAW.

It looks like it may be of the order of 2 weeks?

One wonders what is involved in such a process .. and why the EAW for RH and CH appears to be taking so long.

And or course the answer is, as always, Google ..

Extradition | The Crown Prosecution Service

I note that this particular page is dated 4th Feb 2019.

Now I wonder... whether things were different before "the" referendum when the UK was part of the EU?

 

[alice500]

This may be of interest :

NCA statement on contingency planning in relation to UK withdrawal from the European Union - National Crime Agency

 

[alice500]

This case is absolute bonkers as far as the brothers are concerned. One minute they are wanted by police and missing. Next they 'reportedly' arent on the run from the police, but gang lords. Now finally they arent on the run at all but cosily tucked up at home running trucks as normal? I dont understand.

Maybe the question one should be asking is:

Why have they not made further direct contact with the Essex Police .. as requested?

 

[HongKongPhooey]

Chippenham Lorry:

Seems like this case, although very similar to the current thread, is not directly related. And therefore maybe should be started as a different thread / topic?

As a Newbie, I am not sure how to do this.

The driver, who was arrested, seems to have been released without charge.

The cargo (15 "migrants") have been arrested on suspicion of entering the UK illegally.

Please say they haven't refered to these people as "cargo" in the press

 

[Cherwell]

Extradition | The Crown Prosecution Service
I note that this particular page is dated 4th Feb 2019.
Now I wonder... whether things were different before "the" referendum when the UK was part of the EU?

The UK is still part of the EU.

 

[Deleted member 254730]

Why did Robinson have a Mitsubishi Shogun stored in Monaghan?

1. Its not actually his car.
2. "His" Bulgarian-registered Scania is usually stored in the Republic, not at his house.
3. There is another tractor unit used by Robinson

No information as to whether the Shogun is registered in the North or South, and, if the former, what cooperation there has been with the PSNI, regarding accessing the DVLNI database.

As recently as August, Robinson was looking for a cheap small van, after selling his 208 Nissan Navaro pickup. Shoguns can be had from £500 and up.

Northern Ireland pair wanted by Essex police unfazed by raids - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

........
Nothing illegal was discovered at the properties linked to the Hughes brothers but a number of vehicles were seized, including a Mitsubishi SUV registered to Mo Robinson - the Co Armagh truck driver already charged with 39 counts of manslaughter in Essex.

Police claim Robinson drove the cab of the truck to the English port of Purfleet, where it collected the trailer unit, which had arrived by ferry from Zeebrugge port in Belgium.

 

[HayLouise]

39 prayers have been written by schoolgirls in #Grays for the families of the Vietnamese migrants whose bodies were found in the back of a lorry.

The prayers by children at Grays Convent High School accompany a memorial at a Mass at St Thomas of Canterbury RC Church in Grays

(Video)

BBC Essex on Twitter

 

[CaptainNancy]

Why did Robinson have a Mitsubishi Shogun stored in Monaghan?

1. Its not actually his car.
2. "His" Bulgarian-registered Scania is usually stored in the Republic, not at his house.
3. There is another tractor unit used by Robinson

No information as to whether the Shogun is registered in the North or South, and, if the former, what cooperation there has been with the PSNI, regarding accessing the DVLNI database.

As recently as August, Robinson was looking for a cheap small van, after selling his 208 Nissan Navaro pickup. Shoguns can be had from £500 and up.

MR drove to the Hughes’ to pick up the cab and left his Shogun there?

Though I think the reports on the tracking of the trailer said it went from the GTR depot in Co Monaghan to N Ireland and then back to the republic and Dublin.

 

[CaptainNancy]

Ok. So it’s Sunday, and I have been reading TruckNet Lorry Drivers Forum which has lots of interesting detail about the passage of migrants in lorries.

Across several threads about the Essex deaths, the recent Chippenham incident and one about a slipped load, it seems;
It is common for long distance HGV drivers to encounter migrants attempting to board their vehicles, and not uncommon for drivers to find stowaways. However since calling the police means the driver gets taken for questioning and the delivery is delayed, possibly scrapped in the case of perishables, and the cost of renting the trailer is increased while the police investigate, after the first time of dealing with all this the drivers just tend to let them go.


Although many drivers are not sympathetic to Mo (who they call Woody, after Toy Story), one did find it feasible that a driver would pull in somewhere nearby if the load didn’t feel right for the official description, and one says “Unaccompanied trailers out of (cough) Purfleet have always had the paperwork on the floor inside the back doors. Well they have on the few occasions we have resorted to pulling them for a days work“

 

[Deleted member 254730]

MR drove to the Hughes’ to pick up the cab and left his Shogun there?

Though I think the reports on the tracking of the trailer said it went from the GTR depot in Co Monaghan to N Ireland and then back to the republic and Dublin.

The tractor unit seized by the Gard off Harrison:

Possibly the same Scania R620 in use earlier; on Monaghan plates, photo from 2017, 10-MN-7078. For Irish plates, the first two numbers are the year of the vehicle, ie. this is supposed to be a 2010 Scania.

Another blue Hughes Scania R620, on Bulgarian plates, photo from 2019. B ZZ13BP

https://scontent-lht6-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/aa0cc514043da3af2350db46e4120be5/5E504D52/t51.2885-15/e35/62380618_303085370576565_3173498938345937795_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-lht6-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=109&se=7&ig_cache_key=MjA2MjY3NDg5NTI1MDYxODg1MA==.2

Truck is similar; but different. It obviously has coloured Scania grill work, but is missing the door wind deflectors evident on Harrison's truck recovered in Dublin.

Harrison's usual truck was a sky blue Scania 480, on Northern Irish plates in October 2018, then on what looks to be Bulgarian plates by November 2018


CXZ2627, but the plate looks odd, distorted. I can't match it through cazana.com
Eamonn Harrison on Instagram: “”

CXZ2627 was photographed on a, wait for it, blue Scania in 2012:

Looks a beater even then.


Now 64-B6B-56(?)
Eamonn Harrison on Instagram: “#scania #164”
https://instagram.fltn1-1.fna.fbcdn...t=instagram.fltn1-1.fna.fbcdn.net&_nc_cat=110


But in Nov 2018, he posted a picture of presumably the rig he was driving through Paris, in November 2018. It appears to be a dark coloured Scania, with similar livery to the one he was picked up in:

Instagram post by Eamonn Harrison • Nov 9, 2018 at 12:44pm UTC

But a picture in January this year shows the sky blue Scania 480 back on NI plates, but now different plates
SLZ8978; indicating a 2003 Scania, which is possible considering this is a 4-Series Scania, which was replaced in 2004. I suppose by truck standards, its pretty old now, and probably not worth a lot; a peruse of current ads indicates these sell for less than £10k.

https://instagram.fltn1-1.fna.fbcdn...t=instagram.fltn1-1.fna.fbcdn.net&_nc_cat=100

https://cazana.com/uk/car/SLZ8978

Northern Ireland vehicles' MOT history cannot be checked online.

But, a dark blue Scania 480, with the tag SLZ8978, can be found:

Note, no "Hughes" on the headboard. Of course, its entirely possible that SLZ8978 was repainted from dark blue to light blue. Also not, the light blue truck has less inset accessory lights than the dark blue. Although these are both Scania 480s, they appear to be different trucks. Note the lamps require extra holes to be cut, so its easier to add them, that take them away.

 

[Deleted member 254730]

Ok. So it’s Sunday, and I have been reading TruckNet Lorry Drivers Forum which has lots of interesting detail about the passage of migrants in lorries.

Across several threads about the Essex deaths, the recent Chippenham incident and one about a slipped load, it seems;
It is common for long distance HGV drivers to encounter migrants attempting to board their vehicles, and not uncommon for drivers to find stowaways. However since calling the police means the driver gets taken for questioning and the delivery is delayed, possibly scrapped in the case of perishables, and the cost of renting the trailer is increased while the police investigate, after the first time of dealing with all this the drivers just tend to let them go.


Although many drivers are not sympathetic to Mo (who they call Woody, after Toy Story), one did find it feasible that a driver would pull in somewhere nearby if the load didn’t feel right for the official description, and one says “Unaccompanied trailers out of (cough) Purfleet have always had the paperwork on the floor inside the back doors. Well they have on the few occasions we have resorted to pulling them for a days work“

I think his defence has dissolved once Irish police found his Shogun at Hughes' gaff; a material connection. One possible explanation is he drove over to Monaghan, to pick up the trailer and tractor, and dropped them off in NI. for another driver. Then apparently go and pick up exactly the same trailer in Essex days later.

Harrison claims the trailer was allegedly carrying biscuits. Whats a load of biscuits meant to feel like?

We know how much a trailer costs to rent; less than £250 a week. Its not costing the driver a penny.

If people are found sleeping among the lettuces, I suspect there is no way Tesco will want it. The drivers aren't letting them go if they are carrying food. These people aren't likely to be neat and tidy. Sounds like a few armchair generals spouting off on a forum. Most drivers will comment that its more than their jobs worth to disturb the seals. And breaking the seal takes bolt cutters. If the cargo is food, and the seal is broken, the customer will reject the load, as there is no evidence that rats etc haven't subsequently got in.

 

[Silverlink]

Thomas and Joanna Maher's bail ends today.

 

[HayLouise]

#Breaking Lawyers for Eamon Harrison(22)from Co.Down have told the High Court in Dublin that their client is to challenge a warrant for his extradition to the UK.British #police wish to talk to Harrison in connection with the deaths of 39 people found in a trailer in Essex...

Padraig O'Reilly Photographer on Twitter

 

[HayLouise]

11 November 2019:

Police are seeking the extradition of Eamonn Harrison, 22, a lorry driver from Mayobridge, who is being held in the Republic of Ireland.

He is to face 39 manslaughter charges and two conspiracy charges.

One of these is in relation to human trafficking and the other is connected to assisting unlawful immigration.



Driver held over lorry deaths remanded in custody