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British police charge driver with 39 lorry deaths

Reuters . London
Deputy Chief Constable Pippa Mills of Essex Police makes a statement outside Grays police station, after bodies were discovered in a lorry container in Grays, Essex, Britain on 25 October 2019. Photo: Reuters
Deputy Chief Constable Pippa Mills of Essex Police makes a statement outside Grays police station, after bodies were discovered in a lorry container in Grays, Essex, Britain on 25 October 2019. Photo: Reuters

British police said on Saturday they had charged Maurice Robinson, the 25-year-old driver of a truck who was arrested when 39 people were found dead in the back of his container this week. He will appear at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court on Monday charged with 39 counts of manslaughter, conspiracy to traffic people, conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration and money laundering.

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