The case of Hadush Kebatu has plagued the Labour government for months. In summer, it emerged the Ethiopian asylum seeker was facing charges of sexual assaulting a 14-year-old girl. This sparked the Epping protests outside Essex’s Bell Hotel which amplified nationwide outrage about asylum seeker hotels. Kebatu was found guilty – but last week it transpired the sex offender had been accidentally freed from prison. He was found some days later and has now been deported £500 richer. Alright for some!

The Prime Minister’s spokesperson explained that Kebatu was ‘forcibly deported’ to Ethiopia after being put on a flight on Tuesday evening. But it transpires that the asylum seeker didn’t go without a fight – prompting the removal team to pay him hundreds of pounds to leave the country quickly.

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