Migrant Sex Offender: I Tried to Hand Myself in but Police Ignored Me
30th October 2025
A migrant sex offender has claimed he tried to hand himself in to police after being mistakenly released from prison but was ignored by officers.
Hadush Kebatu, 41, told Sky News he approached police officers on the morning after his release from HMP Chelmsford, told them who he was and asked to be taken to a police station but claimed he was ignored.
He made his claims in an interview with Sky News on his arrival back in Ethiopia on Wednesday morning after being deported from the UK on an overnight flight.
It came after it emerged that Kebatu had been paid £500 by the Home Office to take the deportation flight after threatening to lodge an asylum claim to block his removal.
Kebatu, who was jailed for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old, was wrongly released from HMP Chelmsford on Friday instead of being transferred to a immigration removal centre, leading to a 48-hour police manhunt.