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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ellie Ng

Lammy to face questions after arrest of sex offender mistakenly freed from jail

The Justice Secretary is set to face questions in Parliament over Hadush Kebatu - (Crown Prosecution Service)

David Lammy is expected to face questions in Parliament following the arrest of an asylum seeker sex offender mistakenly released from prison – who is expected to be deported within days.

Ethiopian national Hadush Kebatu was jailed for 12 months in September for the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl and was wrongly freed from HMP Chelmsford on Friday morning instead of being sent to an immigration detention centre.

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