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24/03/2006
Gang 'boss' convicted of cockling deaths
A 29-year-old man has been found guilty of the manslaughter of 21 cockle pickers who drowned at Morecambe Bay.
Lin Liang Ren, from Liverpool, had denied being the head of the cockle picking operation, which brought over illegal immigrants to collect cockles, and denied the manslaughter charges.
However, he was convicted of 21 counts of manslaughter at Preston Crown Court, as well as facilitation - helping people to breach immigration laws.
The cocklers, who were all illegal immigrants aged between 18 and 45, drowned in rising tides at Morecambe Bay on February 5, 2004.
Twenty-one bodies were recovered, although police believe that twenty-three people died in the tragedy.
Lin Liang Ren's girlfriend Zhao Xiao Qing, 21, from Liverpool was also convicted of facilitation, along with his cousin, 31-year-old Lin Mu Yong, also from Liverpool.
Father and son businessmen David Anthony Eden Snr, 63 and David Anthony Eden Jr, 35, both from Merseyside, were found not guilty of facilitation charges.
Sentencing is due to take place next week.
(KMcA/SP)
Lin Liang Ren, from Liverpool, had denied being the head of the cockle picking operation, which brought over illegal immigrants to collect cockles, and denied the manslaughter charges.
However, he was convicted of 21 counts of manslaughter at Preston Crown Court, as well as facilitation - helping people to breach immigration laws.
The cocklers, who were all illegal immigrants aged between 18 and 45, drowned in rising tides at Morecambe Bay on February 5, 2004.
Twenty-one bodies were recovered, although police believe that twenty-three people died in the tragedy.
Lin Liang Ren's girlfriend Zhao Xiao Qing, 21, from Liverpool was also convicted of facilitation, along with his cousin, 31-year-old Lin Mu Yong, also from Liverpool.
Father and son businessmen David Anthony Eden Snr, 63 and David Anthony Eden Jr, 35, both from Merseyside, were found not guilty of facilitation charges.
Sentencing is due to take place next week.
(KMcA/SP)
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