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Migrant sex offender arrested after being released from prison in error

Hadush Kebatu was mistakenly released after a 12-month sentence for sexual offences and caught after a three-day police search in north London, police said.

  • 1- Hadush Kebatu, a migrant mistakenly released from HMP Chelmsford, was located in the Finsbury Park area of north London on Sunday morning after a major police manhunt. 2- Kebatu had been sentenced last month for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl and a woman in Epping while residing in an asylum hotel. 3- The Metropolitan Police confirmed that Kebatu was taken back into custody and will be returned to the Prison Service for deportation processing.
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Migrant sex offender mistakenly released from prison arrested

Ethiopian national Hadush Kebatu was arrested in the Finsbury Park area of London on Sunday morning.

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British police announced on Sunday that they had arrested Ethiopian Hadushe Kebatu, who was mistakenly released from prison on Friday while awaiting transfer to a migrant detention center from which he was to be deported, British media reported.

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The British police have recaptured a sexual offender who was accidentally released from prison.

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Kronen Zeitung broke the news in Vienna, Austria on Saturday, October 25, 2025.
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