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

[HayLouise]

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The High Court in Dublin heard on Monday that Mr Harrison was "a man of modest means".

He was remanded in custody until 21 November when a full hearing is expected in the case.

Driver held over lorry deaths remanded in custody

 

[HayLouise]

Eamon Harrison is alleged to have driven this cab(photo)while attached to a trailer containing 39 migrants into the port of Zuubregge on 22 Oct,2019.Harrison was arrested by Garda at Dublin port when disembarking a ferry from France on 26 Oct,2019 for an unrelated matter.



Padraig O'Reilly Photographer on Twitter

 

[HayLouise]

A Northern Irish man, who is alleged to have delivered the trailer in which 39 Vietnamese nationals were found dead last month, is of "modest means", the High Court heard this morning.

Courts News Ireland on Twitter

 

[HayLouise]

11 November 2019:

During the hearing Tony McGillicuddy, instructed by Paul Tiernan Solicitors, applied for senior counsel representation for Harrison, who he said has an “income of modest means”, which Mr Justice Binchy, presiding over the case, said he thought was suitable.

The court will make recommendations to cover the services of a solicitor, a junior and a senior counsel to represent Harrison.

No application for bail has been made, however draft points of objection to the arrest warrant have been assembled and will be submitted to the court by Friday.

Newry man Eamonn Harrison in court in Dublin after Essex lorry deaths - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

 

[HayLouise]

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Mr McGillicuddy said the points of objection are regarding the contents of the warrant and “uncertainties and conflicts that Mr Harrison argues arises in the warrant itself”.

Harrison was arrested on a domestic, unrelated matter at Dublin Port in October, which has since been resolved.

He has been in Cloverhill prison since his initial arrest and will return to court in Dublin on November 21.

Newry man Eamonn Harrison in court in Dublin after Essex lorry deaths - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

 

[HayLouise]

A Northern Irishman has appeared at Dublin High Court after 39 people were found dead in the back of a lorry in #Grays. Police want 22 year old Eamonn Harrison from Co Down transferred to the UK - he'd have to be extradited from Ireland. #Essex #HeartNews

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[HayLouise]

11 November 2019:

Man from Northern Ireland in court in Dublin after Essex lorry deaths

Essex lorry deaths: Accused Eamonn Harrison held for 10 days - LBC News

Man from Northern Ireland in court in Dublin after Essex lorry deaths - Evening Express

 

[HayLouise]

The two people arrested up north in connection with the Grays lorry deaths have been rebailed until next year. Another Northern Ireland man is due to answer bail on Wednesday.

Pair arrested in connection with lorry deaths are re-bailed by police

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[HayLouise]

11 November 2019

A 38-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman from Warrington were arrested in Cheshire on Friday, October 25 and initially released on police bail until today.

They have been re-bailed until January 24 next year.

Pair arrested in connection with lorry deaths are re-bailed by police

 

[HayLouise]

11 November 2019:

A 45-year-old man from Northern Ireland was arrested at Stansted Airport later the same day.

He is due to answer bail on Wednesday.

Pair arrested in connection with lorry deaths are re-bailed by police

 

[Scorpio1]

11 November 2019:

A 45-year-old man from Northern Ireland was arrested at Stansted Airport later the same day.

He is due to answer bail on Wednesday.

Pair arrested in connection with lorry deaths are re-bailed by police

11 November 2019

A 38-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman from Warrington were arrested in Cheshire on Friday, October 25 and initially released on police bail until today.

They have been re-bailed until January 24 next year.

Pair arrested in connection with lorry deaths are re-bailed by police

So all three of them must still be of interest, will be interesting to see if Stansted man is named on wendsday,

 

[Scorpio1]

What do we know about the couple from Warrington?? All i can remember was rumors that they owned the truck that mo was driving a few years back!!!! Are they connected to the haulage industry at this time do we know???

 

[Silverlink]

What do we know about the couple from Warrington?? All i can remember was rumors that they owned the truck that mo was driving a few years back!!!! Are they connect to the haulage industry do we know???

They're originally from Ireland and run a haulage company called 'Thomas Maher Transport Ltd'. A news article stated that they left Ireland after they came to the attention of the Irish secret service, which again points towards this whole thing having links to the IRA.

 

[Scorpio1]

They're originally from Ireland and run a haulage company called 'Thomas Maher Transport Ltd'. A news article stated that they left Ireland after they came to the attention of the Irish secret service, which again points towards this whole thing having links to the IRA.

Very interesting will do a bit of digging in respect to Thomas Maher transport!!!

 

[Deleted member 254730]

They're originally from Ireland and run a haulage company called 'Thomas Maher Transport Ltd'. A news article stated that they left Ireland after they came to the attention of the Irish secret service, which again points towards this whole thing having links to the IRA.

Source for that statement? The "Irish secret service" is not concerned with the IRA, but operates in a more international area, its part of the Irish Defence Forces. Unless your source means the Special Detective Unit, which is an arm of the police, what we used to call Special Branch. So the Mahers flee Ireland to avoid the attention of the "Irish intelligence" forces by moving to....... Warrington. Yeah, right. The SDU and PSNI signed protocols of cooperation in 2002, so in effect, the SDU can rely on the NCA to support investigations of mutual benefit.

The Mahers set up a business in Bulgaria called "Tomorrow's Movements Today" (TMT, Thomas Maher Transport, geddit, saves rebranding their trucks), which seemed to be the vehicle for the Bulgarian truck business. This was sold to a company in Monaghan last year.

The Bulgarian Business Register is at:
Търговски регистър

Although it has an English interface, the output is in Cyrillic.

 

[Deleted member 254730]

Various Bulgarian sources show "Thomas Dermot Maher" is associated with a 18 companies in Bulgaria.

Фирма ТОМАС МАХЕР ЕВРОПЕЕЦ ЕООД (THOMAS MAHER EUROPEAN) ЕИК 204065054
ЮДЖЕЙН ХИЕРИ - свързани фирми

 

[alice500]

It is interesting how much information must be known, and yet is not available to the public.

The causes and times of death? The Bluetree log from the trailer ? Why extradition of EH is being opposed? Has an EAW been requested for the Hughes brothers? If so, why is this taking so long?

And in the case of the Chippenham lorry, what were the names and details of the 15 arrested? Where are they now?

 

[alice500]

Co Down man to challenge warrant over Essex deaths


Barrister Tony McGillicuddy said there were certain issues about the contents of the warrant and certain "conflicts or uncertainties" which had been raised by Mr Harrison.

These had been outlined in a sworn statement by his solicitor and will be outlined to the court before the full hearing of the extradition application on 21 November next.

The court had previously been told there were "complexities" to the warrant because the alleged offences had not taken place in the issuing state (the UK).

This gave rise to similar circumstances as the Ian Bailey case, where extradition was refused.

 

[alice500]

One wonders again about the role of Europol's human trafficking dept?

 

[CSIDreamer]

Vietnamese families struggle to repatriate victims of Essex trafficking tragedy.

Vietnamese families struggle to repatriate Essex lorry victims | Vietnam | The Guardian