Driver appears in British court over truck deaths

The driver arrested in connection with the deaths of 39 people found in the back of a truck in Essex in England last Wednesday has been remanded in custody and will appear at London's Old Bailey court on Nov 25.

Maurice Robinson, 25, from Craigavon in Northern Ireland, faces 39 counts of manslaughter as well as charges of people trafficking, immigration and money laundering, and made a brief appearance at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court on Monday morning.

Three other people have been arrested in connection with the discovery of the bodies of 31 men and eight women and were released on bail. They are a 46-year-old man from Northern Ireland, and Joanna and Thomas Maher, both 38, from Warrington in the northwest of England.