Wrongly released migrant claims he tried to hand himself in to police | News

An immigrant sex offender who was wrongly released from prison claims he tried to turn himself in to police.

Hadush Kebatu, who was mistakenly released from HMS Chelmsford last Friday, told Sky News on Wednesday (October 29) that he tried to hand himself in the morning after his release but was “ignored”. The mistake triggered a two-day manhunt that ended with his re-arrest in London on Sunday.

Kebatu, who was forcibly returned to Ethiopia on Tuesday night, claimed he told police officers: “I will give you my hand. Please help me, where is the police station? Take me, I am wanted.”

Sky News said the Metropolitan Police said there was “no evidence” to support Kebatu’s claims. He added that his actions on the morning of his re-arrest “looked like someone trying to escape from the cops, not turn himself in.”