The Home Office has done an about-turn on its decision to fine a couple £1,500 after they found a migrant hiding under a bike-rack cover attached to the back of their motorhome.

A couple who were fined £1,500 after they found an “immigrant” in their motorhome’s bike rack have had the penalty cancelled. After returning home to Essex from France, Joanne and Adrian Fenton found a young man under the cover of their bike rack.

The man claimed to be a 16-year-old from Sudan, and the Fentons immediately called the police. Despite their swift action, the couple have now been fined £1,500 by the Home Office because they failed to ‘check that no clandestine entrant was concealed’ in their motorhome.

Adrian and Joanne Fenton were unpacking their motorhome after a trip to France and found 'two trainers' attached to 'two legs' - which turned out to be a 16-year-old boy from Sudan

A couple who were fined £1,500 after they reported a migrant had clung to a bike rack on their motorhome have been told the penalty has been cancelled. The Home Office had ordered Adrian and Joanne Fenton,

An Essex couple who were fined £1,500 after they found an “immigrant” in their motorhome’s bike rack have had the penalty cancelled. After returning home to Essex from France, Joanne and Adrian Fenton found a young man under the cover of their bike rack.