Man ordered to pay £180,000 to families of those killed in Essex lorry
A man convicted over the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants found in a lorry container has been ordered to pay their families more than £180,000.Ronan Hughes, 43, of Armagh, Northern Ireland,At the Old Bailey, Judge Mark Lucraft KC said the penalty for defaulting on the order was two years in prison.
The judge ordered that the confiscated sum of £182,078.90 be paid in compensation "to the families of those killed in this terrible tragedy".
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