French court announces jail sentences of 18 people for roles in Essex lorry deaths

French court announces jail sentences of 18 people for roles in Essex lorry deaths

A French court on November 10 handed down jail sentences of up to 10 years in a people-smuggling trial over the deaths of 39 Vietnamese people who suffocated in a sealed refrigeration container as they were transported from France to Belgium before crossing the Channel to the UK in 2019.