Home Office in bid to deport migrant jailed for sex assault

THE Home Office will seek to deport an asylum seeker after he was jailed for 12 months for sexual assaults on a woman and a 14-year-old girl that led to nationwide protests.

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Ethiopian national Hadush Gerber-slasie Kebatu, who arrived in the UK on a small boat days before the incidents, was found guilty of five offences after a three-day trial at Chelmsford and Colchester magistrates' courts.

It is understood that the Home Office will look to deport Kebatu, with the Government conducting returns and deportations to the African nation regularly.

On Tuesday, a judge told the 38-year-old his behaviour "really highlights the poor regard you must have for women", adding Kebatu was "feeling sorry for yourself, knowing you were well and truly caught".

The sentencing hearing at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court was told Kebatu wants to be deported after serving his time in prison, with his defence lawyer Molly Dyas adding it is a view he held "before the trial".