Captured migrant freed by mistake to be deported 'this week'

A MIGRANT sex offender mistakenly released from prison is finally back behind bars after three days on the run.

- By Stephen Beech

Hadush Kebatu was arrested in the Finsbury Park area of North London yesterday morning, bringing to an end a manhunt that began after he was let go in error from HMP Chelmsford.

Justice Secretary David Lammy said he will be deported this week and added: “I have already ordered the immediate strengthening of release checks and a full investigation into what went wrong.”

Sky News reported that Kebatu is expected to leave the UK tomorrow.

‘A witness who saw him being led away by police said he was walking “calmly”.

Jack Neill-Hall said: “I was there to walk my dog and as I entered the park I saw a group of five people - two uniformed officers, someone who looked more like they were a plainclothes officer and a

'He was walking quite calmly, a bit dejectedly'

fourth person - and a man who looked awfully like the Epping asylum seeker guy.”