People smuggler’s brazen selfie on his way to Britain

HEADING across the Channel towards Britain with the Red Ensign fluttering behind him, Dmytro Kruik poses for a selfie on board a yacht.

With him on board is fellow criminal Vladyslav Kurtoglu and six Ukrainian illegal immigrants.

Shortly after the picture was taken last May they were stopped by a UK Border Force patrol vessel and escorted to Hayling Island. When officials checked Kruik’s phone they found the selfie and a video of the harbour in Barneville-Carteret, France. Kruik could be heard commenting approvingly on the lack of security cameras.

He admitted one count of assisting unlawful immigration at Portsmouth Crown Court. Kurtoglu, denied the same charge, but was convicted. They will be sentenced on February 21. The six men have been removed from the UK.