Ronan Hughes ordered extradited over manslaughter charges

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Dublin’s High Court ordered Ronan Hughes’s extradition to Britain on a Friday to face 39 manslaughter charges and a charge of assisting unlawful immigration.

Hughes, a haulier from County Monaghan, allegedly masterminded the smuggling of 39 Vietnamese nationals found dead in a lorry container at an industrial estate in Grays, Essex, on 23 October. The High Court rejected his appeal against extradition and ruled that the UK had jurisdiction to prosecute the alleged offences.