Man on trial accused of smuggling people OUT of the UK
- 4 February 2014 15:31259967Canterbury Crown Court heard Darius Hetea, 25, played a role in the conspiracy by driving four Pakistani men from London to a layby near Maidstone, Kent, where they were transferred into the back of a waiting lorry.
The lorry - bound for France - continued to the port of Dover where it was stopped by police who arrested the driver and detained nine Pakistani men, all found to be illegal immigrants.
http://www.dover-express.co.uk/Man-trial-accused-smuggling-people-UK/story-20556354-detail/story.html#ixzz2sMrThVza - 4 February 2014 17:35259970complicated one.
a)why did they want leave after making such an effort to get here?
b) what happens to them now can they be charged with anything? - 4 February 2014 17:36259971I would have thought that he would hav received some sort of commendation !!
Roger - Brian Dixon
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4 February 2014 18:51259982i remember hearing something about it about 12 to 18 months ago.the lorry driver should be given a medal. - Bob Whysman
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4 February 2014 21:34260006It's got to be true.........you couldn't make it up!
A tank of diesel and a blind eye could have saved the taxpayer thousands of pounds and possibly years of wrangling!
It's magic!
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4 February 2014 22:16260015Bob
but you forgot the police escort to speed them on their way.
I do wish we had a like button, there have been so many posts lately I have liked but not wanted to comment on.
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- Bob Whysman
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5 February 2014 10:34260026They sold their goats and all their sheep,
Travel to utopia didn't come cheap,
For many long days travelled overland,
Through fields of green and desert sands.
At last they came to the north of France,
To stay in Calais and await their chance,
They suffered much disappointing pain,
As many refugees there planned the same.
One cold dark night they seized their chance,
Stowed away in a grain lorry leaving France,
Through border checks they held their breath,
Knowing chaff from the grain could be their death.
Passing through the checks their hearts did pound,
Fearful of what would happen if they were found,
At last border checks and formalities complete,
Not discovered today, driven out to the street.
Spent many months here disillusioned and broke,
Left Bradford town headed for London, (the smoke),
No benefits here in this rather large City,
We'll go via Dover at least the views pretty,
They were caught in a lay-by shopped by a newspaper,
Bereft of a story they stopped the immigrants caper,
Finally taken to a courtroom with everything legal,
Taxpayers spent thousands of pounds their fate to inveigle.
Put on a grand aeroplane for a comfy flight back,
They said "worth all the effort just for a Big Mack,
It beats all the curry that we used to eat,
Mind you, occasionally it could be a treat.
Arriving back home in new clothes and looking tanned,
Their envious neighbours said a trip they had planned,
It looks like you've done well, could be the same for us,
We'll pay a bit more and go there by bus!
Do nothing and nothing happens. - Bob Whysman
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9 February 2014 19:16260454What was the outcome of this case, or is it still proceeding?Do nothing and nothing happens. - 9 February 2014 20:05260457not heard anything and would be interested as to why they wanted to leave after paying a small fortune to people smugglers to get them here in the first place.
they must have had a lot of money available for the return trip which could only have been gained by criminal activity.
