Illegal migrant found hiding in British couple's camper van

Police discovered an 18-year-old male in the back of a camper van. (Image: Getty)

An illegal immigrant was found hiding in the back of a British couple's camper van after forcing his way in at Calais. The man, 18, was arrested after trying to climb out of Paul and Kerry Turton's vehicle along the M25. They were driving home to Beeston in Nottinghamshire on Monday when they noticed him trying to prize the door open. 

In footage obtained by MailOnline, Kerry can be heard on the phone to the police before officers arrived at South Mimms services at Junction 23. She says: "He’s opening the door… he’s getting out. I’m being quite brave but I’ll probably have a nervous breakdown in a minute. We’ve come from Calais, we checked and double checked and we can’t understand how he’s done it." Hertfordshire Constabulary surrounded the vehicle in a quiet part of the service station, arrested the teenager, and handed him over to immigration officials.

Paul and Kerry Turton called the police when they noticed the man trying to prize the door open. (Image: Facebook/Kerry Turton)

Paul posted the shocking footage on Facebook, commenting: "Not the best way to end a great holiday but a lesson has been learned."

Kerry wrote: "We were driving along and heard a knocking sound and I checked everywhere to see what it was, I sat back down and Paul saw through my wing mirror a hand opening the back garage door and knocking for us to stop and let him out.

"We rang the police who arranged for a car to escort us so they could arrest him. We had checked and double checked the doors were locked before we left Calais so god know how he got in."

A Hertfordshire Constabulary spokesman told the outlet: "Police were called at 4.18pm on Monday (18 August), following reports from a driver and passenger that they had a suspected clandestine entrant in their motorhome.

"At the time of the call, the vehicle was travelling down the M25 between junctions 28 and 27 (Essex). The vehicle was told by the police call handler to stop in South Mimms.

"An 18-year-old man was taken to hospital to check his health and welfare before being arrested by officers. The case has been transferred to Immigration Services, as per usual policy."