The non-binding ruling sentences the man for attempted murder and acting as an accomplice in people smuggling. He is also ordered to be expelled from Hungary indefinitely.
According to the ruling, the man smuggled the illegal entrants across the Hungary-Romania border on April 13, 2023, in the closed cargo hold of a refrigerator lorry which could not be opened from the inside.
They travelled for 10 hours without interruption, crammed into the hot, dark and tight space without food or drink, the ruling said.
The cargo hold had no adequate ventilation, it said. The people in the cargo hold tried to contact the driver by phoning his accomplice and started banging on the walls and sway the cargo hold from the inside to get his attention.
The ruling said they had saved their own lives by smashing a hole into wall of the compartment.
The defense has appealed the sentence, the statement said.
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