Epping migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu mistakenly released from prison deported to Ethiopia

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00:00Hadish Kabartou has been deported from the UK to Ethiopia with no right to return,

00:05as confirmed by the Home Office.

00:07The Ethiopian national was wrongly freed from HMP Chelmsford on Friday morning,

00:11instead of being sent to an immigration detention centre.

00:14This was a mistake that should not have happened.

00:17The victims expect better, the public expects better, and this government expects better.

00:24The former asylum seeker had been living at the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex,

00:28when he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl and a woman, for which he was arrested.

00:33His criminal charges sparked protests outside the hotel over the summer,

00:37which eventually led to demonstrations outside hotels housing asylum seekers across the country.

00:46Upon his accidental release, he travelled to London and was apprehended in Finsbury Park after a two-day manhunt.

00:51The Home Office said Kabartou was removed on a flight to Ethiopia on Tuesday night and arrived on Wednesday morning.

00:58The Home Office said Kabartou was removed on the

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01:15Don't worry, you know the first time is going to come to work.

01:18Choose what you are doing to children in the same town hall and the first time.

01:23And when there was club no-related male treats.