Why did the Home Office pay Hadush Kebatu £500 to leave the country?
This Is Why
Sky News
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🗓️ 29 October 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Sky News has spoken to migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu hours after he was deported to Ethiopia. He claims he tried to hand himself in to police after he was released accidentally from prison last Friday but they ignored him.
Responding to Kebatu's claims, the Metropolitan Police told Sky News: "The Met is not aware of any evidence to support the claims that Kebatu approached officers on Saturday morning.
"The actions of officers who responded to the sighting of him on Sunday morning show how seriously they were taking the manhunt. Kebatu's actions on the morning of his arrest were more like those of someone trying to avoid officers, not trying to hand himself in."
Gareth Barlow speaks to home affairs journalist Danny Shaw and Sky News correspondent Ashna Hurynag - who has been in Epping, Essex, where Kebatu sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl and a woman.
Producers: Tom Gillespie and Araminta Parker
Editor: Wendy Parker
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| 1:00.5 | Hours after being deported to Ethiopia, the migrant sex offender, Hadush Kabat, who spoke |
| 1:05.1 | to Sky News, alleging that he tried to hand himself into police, but they didn't arrest him. |
| 1:11.7 | I'm Gareth Barlow with the Sky News Daily. |
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