Two Northern Irishmen to be extradited over Vietnamese truck deaths

A filepic from Oct 23, 2019 showing forensic police officers attend the scene after a truck was found to contain a large number of dead bodies, in Grays, South England. Two Northern Irishmen are set to be extradited to Britain to face manslaughter charges over the deaths of 39 Vietnamese people found in the back of a truck near London last year, Ireland's courts heard in Dublin. - AP

DUBLIN/HANOI (Reuters): Two Northern Irishmen are set to be extradited to Britain to face manslaughter charges over the deaths of 39 Vietnamese people found in the back of a truck near London last year, Ireland's courts heard.

Ireland's High Court approved the handover to Britain of Ronan Hughes, 40, on charges of manslaughter and immigration offences.