Manhunt for Ethiopian asylum seeker sex offender accidentally released

Skydancer

StripeyGran

So they released one and kept another in jail? Maybe?

Keep one, let one free.

aka KOLOF

StripeyGran

So they released one and kept another in jail? Maybe?

Allira

Not very funny for his victims, though.

No, it's not funny for them at all - and that makes it so much worse. What Kebatu did was all over the news media for days. Chelmsford isn't that far from Epping. The staff at the prison must have heard of him, so he wasn't anonymous.

The whole thing has descended into a farce, which shows that Kebatu's punishment hasn't been treated seriously.

This incident confirms what prison governors and those interested in our criminal justice system have been saying for years. Getting rid of more experienced staff and replacing them with 18 year olds was not, never could be cost effective

I’ve just heard some Conservative MP demanding a oubkuc inquiry into how this incident happened. What a ridiculous suggestion. Spend yet more public money to establish what governors and frankly anyone with knowledge of our prisons has been saying

Not very funny for his victims, though.

petra

growstuff

petra

He will have a story to tell when he gets home.
Trouble being, no one will believe him 😂

I was thinking the same kind of thing. I expect somebody is already planning to write a drama.

I was thinking more on the lines of The Keystone Cops 😂

That would be perfect!

petra

Allira

StripeyGran

How do we know a female helped a criminal to escape deportation please?

I think a lot of staff are "bought in".

I think a lot of staff are "bought in".

What does that mean?

Don’t ask 😂

It's a fairly standard term I believe.

growstuff

petra

He will have a story to tell when he gets home.
Trouble being, no one will believe him 😂

I was thinking the same kind of thing. I expect somebody is already planning to write a drama.

I was thinking more on the lines of The Keystone Cops 😂

petra

He will have a story to tell when he gets home.
Trouble being, no one will believe him 😂

I was thinking the same kind of thing. I expect somebody is already planning to write a drama.

He will have a story to tell when he gets home.
Trouble being, no one will believe him 😂

Sorry, Kebatu - misspelling.

Inspector Clouseau is rather busy in Paris at the moment growstuff, so he's no help!

I agree that Kebatub must be very confused, but as concerns his command of English, it was certainly good enough to make suggestive comments to a couple of females in Epping. 🤔

This whole case makes Inspector Clouseau look competent!

Apparently, Kebatu said he wanted to return to Ethiopia. He must be the only asylum ever who wants to be deported, but has been told he can't be and that's he's free to go.

I wonder how good his English is. If it's not very good, he must be wondering what on earth is going on.

On the news tonight,
Well just have to get in with it!

Allira

StripeyGran

How do we know a female helped a criminal to escape deportation please?

I think a lot of staff are "bought in".

I think a lot of staff are "bought in".

What does that mean?

Don’t ask 😂

The Epping migrant accidentally released after sexually assaulting a girl tried “four or five times” to return to prison, it has been claimed.
According to the DT, an eyewitness said he saw prison staff repeatedly turn Hadush Kebatu away and direct him to Chelmsford railway station when he tried to re-enter.
A delivery driver, named only as Sim, told Sky News that he saw Kebatu come out of the prison saying, “Where am I going? What am I doing?” and loitering outside the building for around an hour and a half as he tried to find out where he should go
The driver said that Kebatu knew he should have been deported instead of being freed, but prison staff were “basically sending him away” and saying to him: “Go, you’ve been released, you go “

You couldn’t make it up!

Time the whole shebang got an overhaul I think we’d all agree.
Basics but done well would get my vote.

StripeyGran

How do we know a female helped a criminal to escape deportation please?

I think a lot of staff are "bought in".

I think a lot of staff are "bought in".

What does that mean?

Serco, sorry.
Autocorrect. I should check first.

Wyllow3

petra

Galaxy

How do you accidentally release someone. How does that happen.

When the government’s contract out to a company like Serco, it’s quite easy 🤬
They can’t keep track of offenders on Tag. What hope with a violent dangerous criminal 😱

Honestly, any chance to have a go at the present government, and not checking facts first.

It's the fault of whoever made the mistake.

The prison is Government run, not by Servo.
The release was under the jurisdiction of the Home Office.

So yes, it is the fault of Government employees.

I have 2 relatives who wanted to join the prison service and the probation service but there were recruitment bans on both for a long time. Maybe this impacted things.
Stripeygran, I’m not sure why you think we shouldn’t go out. I am just amazed that there should be such a cock up in this day and age where there is a decent database and each prisoner has a unique identifier number. However this isn’t a new thing I once transported a prisoner from a Cat C prison to a Cat D. When we got there, the new prison didn’t want him and the old prison didn’t want him. In the end the new prison took him because I threatened to call the newspapers and they didn’t want the embarrassment. This was over 30 years ago. Very little appears to have changed.

I didn't say that families would not allow young people out on their own StripeyGran.
I said that they should be able to let their children go out in a carefree manner without concern.
You do know that the concerned father of the victim went calmly to Chelmsford prison to ask for an explanation. He refused to be interviewed because this is an emotionally charged situation for her family and others involved.

I think I read somewhere (?) that the prison population has doubled in the last 25 years and is set to increase. I guess the problem is that if money has to be found to look after the criminals in terms of accommodation, food, etc, then cutbacks are likely to be made in other other areas like staffing.

FriedGreenTomatoes2

When numerous female prison wardens have been caught having ‘relations’ with male inmates, others caught assisting in drug smuggling within the prison, and now someone enables a criminal to escape deportation, you have to question the standards for hiring prison staff and their supervision.

You have to question how much money has been put into the prison system for many years.

Imagine failing at a manhunt for a guy who isn't even trying!