The father of the 14-year-old schoolgirl sexually assaulted by Hadush Kebatu says his family feels «massively let down and infuriated» by the migrant’s accidental release from prison. Kebatu, who was found guilty in September of sexually assaulting the girl and a woman in Epping, Essex, was arrested on Sunday morning in London’s Finsbury Park after just under 48 hours at large.
In a statement read by Epping Forest councillor Shane Yerrell on Sunday evening, the schoolgirl’s father said Kebatu being released from HMP Chelmsford due to a system failure was «unbelievably irresponsible.» «Myself and my family feel massively let down and infuriated by HMP Chelmsford, the police, the justice system, and our Labour government. They have all failed,» the statement read. «Not just us as a family, but they have failed everyone in the country.»
Earlier on Sunday, Justice Secretary David Lammy said an exclusive Sky News interview will be used as part of an independent inquiry into the mistaken release. Speaking to Sky’s national correspondent Tom Parmenter, a delivery driver who spoke to Kebatu at HMP Chelmsford described him as being «confused» as he was being guided to the railway station by prison staff. The migrant is said to have returned to the prison reception four or five times before leaving the area on a train.
Mr Lammy also said he would make a statement about the
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