US EditionWrongly released migrant sex offender claims he tried to hand himself in to police
Hadush Kebatu says police ignored his attempt to surrender after wrongful release from prison, sparking a two-day manhunt before his re-arrest and deportation to Ethiopia.
- Hadush Kebatu was mistakenly freed from HMP Chelmsford on Friday, triggering a two-day manhunt that ended with his re-arrest in London on Sunday and deportation on Tuesday night.
- He was released a month into a 12-month sentence on the expectation immigration enforcement would collect him, then a passerby bought a �18 train ticket and he travelled to London.
- Accounts conflict over Kebatu's surrender attempt; Kebatu told Sky News, `On the morning, Saturday, I get a police 'look here, please I am wanted man, I arrested, I will give you my hand, please help, where is police station?'`, but the Met says there's no evidence of this.
- A prison officer has been suspended as Dame Lynne Owens leads an investigation, and prisons have been ordered to implement enhanced checks following last Friday’s release error.
- Downing Street confirmed a 500 operational decision was made to prevent flight disruption, prompting criticism from Conservatives and Kemi Badenoch's spokesman for taxpayer-funded deportations.
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Wrongly-released migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu claims he was 'ignored' by police while trying to hand himself in
Migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu, who was wrongly freed from prison, has claimed in an interview with Sky News that he tried to hand himself in to police a day before he was arrested, but was ignored by officers.
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Hadush Kebatu was forcibly removed to his home country on Tuesday night with a team of five escorts on the flight, and arrived on Wednesday morning with no right to return to Britain, the Home Office said
Wrongly released migrant sex offender claims he tried to hand himself in to police
A migrant sex offender who was mistakenly released from prison claims that he tried to hand himself in to police. Appearing on Sky News on Wednesday (29 October), Hadush Kebatu, who was wrongly freed from HMS Chelmsford last Friday, said that he tried to hand himself in the morning after he was released, but he was “ignored”. The error triggered a two-day manhunt, which ended when he was re-arrested in London on Sunday. Kebatu, who was forcibly …
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