China News Service, April 9th, according to British media reports, on the 8th local time, Robinson, the driver of the container truck case in Essex, England, pleaded guilty to 39 counts of manslaughter charges in the Central Criminal Court in London.

On October 23, 2019, the British police found 39 bodies in a container truck in an industrial park in Essex, southeast England. The Essex County Police subsequently issued a statement saying that the 39 victims were all Vietnamese.

Data map: On October 24, 2019 local time, Essex, England, people laid flowers to mourn the dead at the place where the truck was found. British police found 39 bodies in the truck container of Essex in the early hours of the 23rd.

After the incident broke out, British police arrested a number of related personnel, including truck driver Robinson. Robinson was later charged with multiple crimes by the British prosecutors, including manslaughter, conspiracy to commit human trafficking, conspiracy to assist illegal immigration and money laundering. In November 2019, Robinson admitted to conspiracy to assist illegal immigrants.

On April 8, 2020, at the hearing of the Central Criminal Court in London, five defendants, including Robinson, attended the remote hearing through a video connection.

According to reports, Robinson also denied allegations of money laundering. The police said that during the day's court trial, two other defendants refused to plead guilty. One person had previously denied conspiracy to assist illegal immigrants, and the other one was defended on charges of conspiracy to assist illegal immigrants without being asked.

Prosecutor William Emlin Jones stated that the allegation of conspiracy to traffic in persons related to Robinson and another co-conspirator was dropped. The prosecutor also requested three weeks to decide whether to try other pending charges about Robinson.

According to reports, the other defendants are tentatively scheduled to begin trial on October 5 and last for up to 8 weeks.