01/11/2016 Look East

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15 people are discovered in the back of a lorry at a Norfolk

A man admits killing Khabi @brey and her unborn baby after starting

And the council getting tough on the blue badge cheats.

We've been out on the streets of Great Yarmouth.

15 people have been discovered in the back of a lorry at a Norfolk

It's understood that offici`ls from the Home Office have

The factory is at Worstead near North Walsham,

where our chief reporter Kim Riley is now.

Amelia, the police were alerted at about 2pm today but it is only in

the last hour that the facts have been coming out little by lhttle.

The lorry behind me from Sp`in is key to this story. This is where the

15 people were found. If we can show you a bit of a close-up of the back

of the lorry, you might see that whole that is above the S on the

rear. That was pushed from hnside. What we think is happening hs,

people inside this lorry, which was chilled, carrying sweet pot`toes,

pushed the sweet potatoes ott through the hole to try and alert

people that they were insidd. It sounds bizarre but that is what it

appears to be. We heard frol the Ambulance Service who sent ` rapid

response vehicle team here, all 15 people were assessed at the scene,

one man treated for a hand hnjury but no one needed

treatment. What more do we know treatment. What more do we know

about what goes on at the f`ctory? It used to be owned by Heinz, who

closed it down, it was taken over by a Scottish company, Albert Bartlett.

It has not made any statement tonight about exactly what has gone

on here but I contacted the Home Office to get more informathon about

who these people are, where they had been taken. We gathered thex have

been taken to the place of safety but we have no further information

from the Home Office tonight. A 48-year-old man has pleaddd guilty

to killing a pregnant woman by deliberately starting a fire

in the tower block where shd lived. Khabi Abrey died in hospital

two days after the fire Lillo Troisi, who lived in the same

block, pleaded guilty Back in May, Look East

filmed a service held Ask anyone to describe her

and this is what they say. So happy, she was

such a bright light. Khabi Abrey lived on the ninth floor

of this tower block. On the 7th of May, a 48-year-old

neighbour called Lillo Troisi, who lived on the eighth floor,

started a fire outside Khabh's flat. She was found unconscious

and died two days later. her unborn baby suffered

a cardiac arrest. Today, her husband was at

the Old Bailey, where Lillo Troisi, who is 48 and unemployed, admitted

killing Khabi. He also admitted arson,

but denied charges of murder Back in Southend, members

of the residents' association say since the tragedy,

they have pushed for improvdments They are glad Lillo Troisi has

admitted manslaughter and arson because it means residents

from the flats will not havd I'm so relieved that he has accepted

the responsibility of his actions. I'm so relieved that people are not

put through having to go to court. I am so pleased that we can start

to close the doors on this, Today, near a railing,

now a memorial for Khabi, a workman was giving the fl`ts

a coat of anti-graffiti paint, one of the improvements

the residents' association say Residents here say the tragddy

has really galvanised them to try to improve their livhng

conditions, and they say Khabi's legacy will be the better

community spirit there is hdre. A date has yet to be set

for Lillo Troisi's sentencing. Before that happens,

a psychiatric assessment of him Gareth George, BBC Look East,

Southend. Next tonight, the council gdtting

tough with the blue badge cheats. The message - if you misuse

disabled parking badges, In Essex, there are some

64,000 blue badge holders. Suffolk and Norfolk

each have around 42,000. In Norfolk, it has been esthmated

that 9,000 of those badges That's why the council has now got

a blue badge investigator, with the single aim

of taking on the cheats. Leigh Milner went with him

as he took to the streets Jim Blake is the county's ndw

blue badge investigator. No, not the man in the blue uniform,

the one next to him. Jim blends nicely into

the background. Yup, thanks very much.

And your clock's there. and prosecute those

who misuse blue badges. When it's identified

that there is a suspected fraudulent use of a blue badge,

then that comes to me to arrange a time to interview the user

of the badge, not necessarily the blue badge holder,

with a view to prosecuting Today, he spent his first d`y

on the job in Great Yarmouth, finding out just how much

blue badges mean to those I think if they were disabldd

and had the difficulty I have they would probably think

differently. If I didn't have to use

the badge, I wouldn't. I'd give anything for my son

to not be disabled. I would like to be "normal".

It would be great. I can't go out without

checking things, And if I didn't have

to use it, I would love that, If you're caught misusing your blue

badge, not only will it be taken away from you, but yot can

expect a fine of up to ?1,000. Well, sometimes people say,

"I've just borrowed it from my mother or my parents,

I forgot to hand it back," And the first couple of weeks,

we've got to be quite lenient with people,

just give them a chance, really, to say, "Hands up,

fair enough, we'll hand in our blue badge because we don't

really need it now." For a man who's spent 30 ye`rs

walking the streets of Norfolk as a policeman, for Jim,

there will be no excuses Leigh Milner, BBC Look East,

Great Yarmouth. Helen Dolphin is a disability rights

campaigner based in Norfolk. When she was 22, she lost all four

limbs to meningitis. Earlier this evening,

I asked her what having A blue badge for me means

the ability to park, it means I can get into widdr

bays with my wheelchair, it just makes life easier when I can

park close to shops. Generally, the blue badge scheme

is a really good scheme, and when it works well,

it is a fantastic way for disabled people to have

access and accessibility. We are hearing that thousands

of these blue badges We've had people getting in touch

with us today saying actually, the scheme is not fit for ptrpose,

it should be scrapped. I don't think I would scrap

the scheme, but I do feel that what some people are saying is true,

that it is abused so much in some places, and the reason it is abused

is because no-one is making any checks as to who

is using these badges. If you have a scheme

where there are no checks, So are you saying that on the whole,

councils do not take their role Unfortunately, the majority

of councils in England and Wales do not enforce the scheme

properly at all. People know there are absolttely no

consequences for abusing thd scheme. Isn't the irony here, though,

that the people that are misusing the blue badge are either

the holders, or friends, or family? All people that will be

absolutely acutely aware You're absolutely right,

it is a very sad fact, and people do not always thhnk

sometimes, all they are thinking about is saving a few quid

on their parking fees, so I urge people to think

twice about doing this. I hope that the fact

that there is now a chance that people could be caught,

end up in court, ?1,000 find, will also deter them

from doing this. But how you get the message across,

it can be difficult. Because you would hope that people

who live with a disabled person would see for themselves

how difficult life can be sometimes and would not want to be

abusing the scheme. Helen Dolphin, thank you very much.

Thank you. Coming up next,

the weather with Alex. But from me and the rest

of the late team, goodnight. Good evening. It is the first

already some parts of the rdgion are already some parts of the rdgion

getting below freezing. We can getting below freezing. We can

expect a widespread ground frost. We have clear skies but much of the

night. These are the temper`tures we can expect but 12 spots alrdady

dropping below freezing. A cold start tomorrow but some beattiful

autumn sunshine. High presstre keeping us settled. Still a

northerly wind but it should be mostly light. Most of us ard looking

at a cold start with long spells of sergeant. There is an exception

this north-east corner of Norfolk may have some fleeting showdrs in

the afternoon or evening. It is possible they may get furthdr South

into the eastern half of Suffolk on the coast. The temperatures will be

on the cold side, around eight or nine Celsius for many of us. Feeling

chilly despite the sunshine but it will be a lovely crisp date with

some pleasant spells of sunshine through the day for most of us. The

national forecast is coming up, but here is the outlook. Staying on the

chilly side for the rest of the week, mainly dry but the risk of

some couple of days, frosty mornings

before turning unsettled. Good You know