Stephen McLaughlin to face a retrial next year for people smuggling
A Co Derry man is one of two men accused of attempting to smuggle 35 immigrants into the UK in a shipping container, in which one man died, are to face a retrial.
A Basildon Crown Court jury failed to reach a verdict against Stephen McLaughlin, of Limavardy, and Martin McGlinchey, of Coalisland, County Tyrone.
Taha Sharif, 38, of High Cross Road, Tottenham, was convicted last week.
Timothy Murphy, 33, of Elmgrove in Derry, was cleared on Tuesday.
The four all pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to facilitate illegal entry into the UK.
The court said Mr McLaughlin, 35, of Rose Park, Limavady, and Mr McGlinchey, 48, of Derryloughlan Road, Coalisland, would likely face a new trial next year.
Meet Singh Kapoor, 40, was found dead at Tilbury docks in Essex last August.
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