UK Lorry Deaths: 7 Men Jailed for Over 93 Years in Total

Undated photos of people sentenced for Vietnamese lorry deaths in 2019. (L) Ronan Hughes, Gheorghe Nica; (R) Maurice Robinson, Eamonn Harrison; (C) Christopher Kennedy, Valentin Colota, Alexandru Ovidiu in Essex, UK, on Jan. 22, 2021. Courtesy of Essex Police

Seven men involved in the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants were sentenced on Friday by a UK court to a total of 93 years and eight months in prison.

The smugglers have been found guilty of manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese men, women, and children who suffocated to death in the back of a refrigerated truck as they tried to make their way to Britain on Oct. 23, 2019.