A mother and son illegally smuggled Vietnamese nationals into the country in the boot of their car under the guise of a day trip to Paris - an operation a judge said was 'obviously done for profit and part of carefully organised criminality'.
James Liddiard and Andrea Cavanagh were among six Merseyside-based people traffickers caught attempting to transport stowaways into the UK from France within the space of a week.
Canterbury Crown Court heard on Tuesday that the smugglers "worked in pairs", with the first such illicit journey being detected on December 9, 2018. On this occasion, two hidden Vietnamese passengers were discovered in the boot of a car being driven by Charli White, with then 17-year-old companion Erin Burns "acting as a decoy" next to her in the front.
