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Police is taking action a search For an asylum seeker who was mistakenly released from prison on Friday.
Major performance outside The Bell Hotel in Epping It was seen earlier this year when resident Hadush Kebatu sexually assaulted a woman and a 14-year-old girl.
he was to be sent to a immigration detention Kendra was supposed to be deported, but was freed by mistake on Friday,
Justice Secretary David Lammy said he was “furious on behalf of the public” as he urged Kebatu to surrender himself, and said he had launched an investigation into “what happened in the prison service to allow this to happen”.
Sir Keir Starmer said the wrongful release was “completely unacceptable” and the government was supporting police in their efforts to catch them.
Here’s what we know and don’t know Hadush Kebatu,
How did he get free from jail?
Kebatu was to be sent to an immigration detention center for deportation, but he was accidentally freed. Being released on license he was wrongly classified as a prisoner and given a discharge grant of £76, Wire Informed.
A prison officer has been removed from duty while officials investigate the error, Independent Understands.
Video circulating online shows a man resembling Kebatu wearing a gray tracksuit and carrying a plastic bag in Chelmsford town center shortly after his release.
Essex Police said he boarded a London-bound train at Chelmsford railway station at 12.41pm after the error.,
According to Trainline data, the Greater Anglia train stopped at Shenfield and Stratford before arriving at London Liverpool Street at 13.18.
What was he convicted of?
Kebatu was found guilty of five offenses following a three-day trial at Chelmsford and Colchester magistrates’ courts in September.
He told two teenagers he wanted to “have a baby with each of them” and attempted to kiss them, before placing his hand on the thigh of one of the girls and caressing her hair, his trial was reported.
It was also found that he had sexually harassed a woman by trying to kiss her, placing his hand on her leg and calling her beautiful.
Kebatu was jailed for 12 months and made the subject of a five-year sexual harm prevention order, with a judge warning that he posed a “significant risk of re-offending”.
He was also added to the UK sex offenders register for 10 years, which means he will be closely monitored.
What has the government said?
Sir Keir Starmer said the accidental release was “completely unacceptable”.
The Prime Minister said: “I am surprised that this happened and it is being investigated. The police are working urgently to catch him, and my government is supporting them.”
“This man must be caught and deported for his crimes.”
Deputy Prime Minister Mr Lammy said he was “outraged on behalf of the public” and urged Kebatu to hand himself in, and asked anyone with information about his whereabouts to call 999.
He added: “I spoke to the Home Secretary today. I have launched an investigation into what happened in the prison service to make this happen.”
“But the important thing is that we protect the public. The important thing is that the police are able to do their job and find this person.”
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philip said Kebatu’s release was a “shocking incompetence”.
He told Channel 4 News: “There is only one group of people to blame for this, and that is the Labor government.
“They have let a dangerous sex offender who preyed on a 14-year-old girl just eight days after entering the country illegally, and now they have let him out.”
Reform Britain leader Nigel Farage said: “The Epping Hotel migrant sex attacker has been mistakenly freed rather than deported. He now walks the streets of Essex. Britain is broken.”