A court heard how Hadush Kebatu, 41, tried to kiss the 14-year-old girl on a bench while also asking her to kiss him and made numerous sexually explicit comments View 3 Images Hadush Kebatu was sentenced to jail (Image: PA)

The police have launched a manhunt after a migrant who sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl was mistakenly released from prison. Hadush Kebatu, 41, was reportedly released from HMP Chelmsford this morning by mistake.

The plan was to transfer the sex offender to a Home Office immigration removal centre ahead of his deportation . A major search for the migrant has now been launched by police.

A source at the Ministry of Justice told the Daily Mail the error was "the mother of all f*** ups" which they put down to "human error". Kebatu was due to be depo

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