Ex-World's Strongest Man threatens refugees hiding in his lorries with a baseball bat in chilling post

A former World's Strongest Man turned haulage company owner is facing prosecution after saying he would beat any refugees who smuggled themselves on his lorries with a baseball bat.

Pole Mariusz Pudzianowski issued the threat after his company was fined £40,000 for unwittingly allowing eight refugees to smuggle themselves on board a Britain-bound truck at Calais.

The brutish bodybuilder uploaded photos to Facebook of refugees hiding in the lorry's cargo alongside a picture of him wielding a baseball bat.

On the pictures' caption, he wrote: "With this [baseball bat] I'll be waiting on my trailer at the ferry from Calais to the UK.

"We are dealing with the protection of personal property.

"If someone attacks you, you have the right to defend yourself, and if you steal something and are caught in the act you have the right to deal with him to prevent crime."

The MMA fighter also claimed the refugees did £23,000 worth of damage to stock in the truck.