UK cops charge man over lorry tragedy

A 23-year-old Irish man has been charged with human trafficking offences in connection with the deaths of 39 Vietnamese nationals whose bodies were found in a refrigeration truck in Britain on October 23. Christopher Kennedy is due to appear at a court in Essex on Monday, police said. He has been charged with conspiracy to arrange or facilitate the travel of people with a view to exploitation, and conspiracy to facilitate the commission of a breach of British immigration law. Kennedy was arrested early Friday on the M40 motorway.