Wrongly Released Prisoner Hadush Kebatu Deported to Ethiopia with No UK Return Rights

A convicted sex offender, who was mistakenly released from prison before absconding to London, has been deported. Hadush Kebatu, who was wrongly released from HMP Chelmsford on Friday, has arrived in Ethiopia after being deported from the UK with no right to return, the Home Office has confirmed. The 38-year-old was handed a 12-month jail sentence just weeks ago for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl and a woman in Essex. The Ethiopian national was initially set to be deported but instead sparked a significant manhunt across the south-east. Kebatu had been residing at the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, when he committed his offenses.