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Hadush Kebatu: Migrant sex offender deported after mistaken prison release

Hadush Kebatu was mistakenly freed from Chelmsford prison and deported after a two-day manhunt, amid a 128% rise in prisoner release errors across UK jails, officials said.

  • Hadush Kebatu, a sex offender, was deported to Ethiopia after being mistakenly released from HMP Chelmsford instead of an immigration detention center, confirmed by the Home Office.
  • Kebatu sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl and a woman, leading to a nationwide manhunt before his arrest in London.
  • Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood expressed public anger over the incident, stating that it was a blunder.
  • An independent inquiry has been launched to investigate the mistake, which is part of a larger problem of mistaken releases in the UK prison system.
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Convicted sex offender who was mistakenly released from a UK prison is deported to Ethiopia

The U.K. government has deported a convicted sex offender from Ethiopia who was mistakenly released from prison last week.

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Gazette-News broke the news in Colchester, United Kingdom on Tuesday, October 28, 2025.
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