Lorry driver who admitted role in deaths of 39 migrants moved to NI prison
Maurice Robinson, 29, from Craigavon, Co Armagh, was jailed in 2021 for 13 years and four months after admitting multiple counts of manslaughter.
A lorry driver jailed for his part in a lucrative people-smuggling operation that ended in the tragic deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants in an airtight container in Essex has been moved to a prison in Northern Ireland to serve the remainder of his sentence.
Maurice Robinson, 29, from Craigavon, Co Armagh, was jailed in 2021 for 13 years and four months after admitting multiple counts of manslaughter.
It was Robinson who discovered the bodies of 39 men, women and children in a refrigerated trailer after picking up the container at Purfleet early on October 23 2019 for a fee of £500.
The PA news agency understands that Robinson, who served the first part of his sentence in England, has now been moved to Maghaberry Prison in Co Antrim.
Prisoners can be moved between different jurisdictions in the UK as part of transfer arrangements to allow them access to a “supportive family environment”.
Prison sources have confirmed that Robinson was moved to Maghaberry, a high security prison near Lisburn, in March.
A spokesperson for the Northern Ireland Prison Service said it could not comment on individual cases.
