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24th Nov 2019

Armagh man charged with human trafficking following Essex lorry deaths

Alan Loughnane

Essex lorry

He’s due in court on Monday.

A man has been charged with human trafficking offences after 39 migrants died in a lorry trailer found in Essex.

Christopher Kennedy, a 23-year-old man from Northern Ireland, was arrested in Buckinghamshire on Friday.

The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised charges of conspiracy to arrange or facilitate the travel of people with a view to exploitation and conspiracy to facilitate the commission of a breach of UK immigration law.

Kennedy, of Corkley Road in Darkley, Armagh, is due to appear at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court on Monday 25 November.

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