UK - 39 bodies found in lorry, Essex, 23 October 2019

[CSIDreamer]

Does this Mo just own the tractor and hitches up various trailers?

 

[CSIDreamer]

I dont see what you're referring to?

 

[HayLouise]

18:03

Police will move lorry carrying the bodies to a 'secure location'


18:53
Video of the lorry leaving the site

Live updates as NI man arrested after 39 bodies found in lorry

 

[HayLouise]

20:14KEY EVENT

Everything that happened on the day Essex mourned 39 desperate people

20:27

Reactions from local resident
Only a matter of minutes away from the scene is a residential area.

One lady who lives very close to the industrial park said: “I just can’t believe it.

“You hear about these things going on but you don’t expect it to happen here.

“My heart goes out to everyone involved.”

The lady who wishes to remain anonymous said she has not stopped watching and reading the news all day, she said: “I have heard a lot claims about people climbing out of lorries in this area but I personally haven’t seen it.”

Live updates as NI man arrested after 39 bodies found in lorry

 

[HayLouise]

Mo Robinson (@mo_robinson500) • Instagram photos and videos

 

[CoverMeCagney]

BREAKING:

A lorry driver is believed to have picked up a refrigerated container in Essex just minutes before the bodies of 39 people were found inside.

Mo Robinson, 25, had driven from his home in a small village near Portadown, Northern Ireland, over the weekend and collected the trailer from the port of Purfleet late last night.

Minutes later, his lorry was seen driving into the Waterglade Industrial Park in Thurrock, where ambulance crews and police were called and found 39 people dead in the back, including a teenager.

Truck driver arrested after 39 found dead in refrigerated lorry | Daily Mail Online

This explains why initial reports mentioned NI and Wales - the front of the lorry had done that particular journey, the trailer had come in from Belgium.

 

[Jealoushe]

Does this Mo just own the tractor and hitches up various trailers?

Someone else owns it, he drives it. He would go to locations and pick up a load and deliver to wherever, is my guess.

 

[Mrs Marple]

Reading between the lines the truck might have been refrigerated

 

[CSIDreamer]

Reading between the lines the truck might have been refrigerated

Sounds that way to me, too. It actually sounds like it was capable of being used as a freezer trailer, well below 0 farenheit. JMO.

 

[jamjim]

Reading between the lines the truck might have been refrigerated

A number of news outlets are saying the container was refrigerated - including Sky News:

"The cab and refrigerated container have now been moved to a secure location at Tilbury Docks where the bodies will be removed. They were discovered in the trailer at Waterglade Industrial Park."

Essex lorry deaths: Police try to identify 39 bodies found in container

 

[jamjim]

خرائط ‪Google‬‏‏

Would have taken police approx. 15 minutes to transport the lorry from where it was found at Waterglade Industrial Park to the secure location at Tilbury Docks. I looked it up as I just wondered how long it would take.

 

[Mrs Marple]

Crikey. How were they expected to survive?

That poor guy, imagine what a terrible shock that must have been. Not something you would get over easily.

 

[Elainera]

I just came across this. What a horrific incident!

Sounds like they possibly froze to death? RIP and prayers to their families. It's just so sad

I get the feeling Mo was possibly the one who called police since they were called right when he arrived at Waterglade. jmo

 

[Elainera]

Crikey. How were they expected to survive?

That poor guy, imagine what a terrible shock that must have been. Not something you would get over easily.

The refrigerator must have been turned on by mistake jmo.

 

[HayLouise]

I just came across this. What a horrific incident!

Sounds like they possibly froze to death? RIP and prayers to their families. It's just so sad

I get the feeling Mo was possibly the one who called police since they were called right when he arrived at Waterglade. jmo

I was just about to say the same, what if he called the police? Would it still be procedure to arrest him?

I mean what if he had parked up, opened the trailer and discovered the victims... 39 of them. I can’t even imagine..

MOO

 

[Mrs Marple]

Investigation into crime gang launched after 39 bodies found in refrigerated lorry

'Experts said temperatures in refrigerated units can be as low as minus 25C.

Essex Police, who are being helped by immigration officials, said they believed the lorry and trailer had come from Zeebrugge into Purfleet, Essex, and docked in the Thurrock area, and that the tractor unit was believed to have originated in Northern Ireland.'

 

[dyannaON]

Horrifying. That is all I have.

 

[Mrs Marple]

I was just about to say the same, what if he called the police? Would it still be procedure to arrest him?

I mean what if he had parked up, opened the trailer and discovered the victims... 39 of them. I can’t even imagine..

MOO

I suspect this is what happened. Maybe whomever drove them over was supposed to let them out. Maybe they knew they were dead so shut the doors. I suspect it would be standard to arrest the driver in these cases, they would be the first person who can provide information.

 

[HayLouise]

NEW: Police search teams have just arrived at Mo Robinson’s house in Northern Ireland. It’s understood he was driving the lorry in Essex today in which 39 people died. No suggestion at this stage he knew about any people in the container. @itvnews



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[CSIDreamer]

I just came across this. What a horrific incident!

Sounds like they possibly froze to death? RIP and prayers to their families. It's just so sad

I get the feeling Mo was possibly the one who called police since they were called right when he arrived at Waterglade. jmo

I'm wondering the same. I'm going back through news stories and all I'm finding is police were called shortly after he arrived. No mention of who called or how they knew there was a monumental issue.