Epping sex offender deported to Ethiopia and been paid £500!

I am SO glad that the "kicking off on the plane" thing is resolved though!
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Small win for accuracy!

Sorry I’ve just read one of my posts where auto correct has totally changed my sentence, which now makes no sense at all! It’s the last para and is utter nonsense! Sorry

Yes, we do have our own UK citizens who behave badly towards women and girls and I expect most of us have had to contend with one or more at some time in our lives.

However, as we seem to have enough of these scumbags already, do we really need to give sanctuary and a safe home to more?

I agree with Casdon, someone who comes to this country for safety and is then found guilty beyond reasonable doubt in court should be deported without delay.

vegansrock

Its good riddance from me but women and girls are subject to sexual harassment and assault on a daily basis. Ive been pressed up to and groped on the tube and seen men expose themselves on more than one occasion including when I was about 13. Anyone would think this guy was Fred West the way the press talked about a manhunt. Could be because he was a migrant rather than one of our homegrown sleazebags?

Sadly I agree. It’s about time men, ALL men stopped their sleazy creepy sexual behaviour towards all women!

vegansrock

Its good riddance from me but women and girls are subject to sexual harassment and assault on a daily basis. Ive been pressed up to and groped on the tube and seen men expose themselves on more than one occasion including when I was about 13. Anyone would think this guy was Fred West the way the press talked about a manhunt. Could be because he was a migrant rather than one of our homegrown sleazebags?

Maybe someone who wants to claim asylum in this country should show some respect to British citizens.

It beggars belief that he would think his actions were acceptable and would not have consequences.

As for our home grown scumbags women and men should always report incidents, without knowing the police cannot act.

Its good riddance from me but women and girls are subject to sexual harassment and assault on a daily basis. Ive been pressed up to and groped on the tube and seen men expose themselves on more than one occasion including when I was about 13. Anyone would think this guy was Fred West the way the press talked about a manhunt. Could be because he was a migrant rather than one of our homegrown sleazebags?

Allira

He really had no case to bring for appealing deportation but some lawyer may have tried their best to do so.

All in all £500 was cheap compared to what he could have cost the British taxpayer with cancelled flights, keeping him while he tried to delay possible deportation and a possible asylum procedure.

Let's hope we never see him here again.

I agree, though it does leave a bit of a nasty taste in my mouth. However, it’s a lot less than it would cost to keep him here in prison.

Incidentally, and I’m not in any way supporting this man nor his actions, but if you read his court transcripts, whilst it does legally count as “sexual assault” and he should be held to account, I very much doubt this case would even had got as far as court had it been perpetrated by a white British man.

My view is any asylum seeker, whether successfully see you in a bit then accepted here or not, should immediately been deported should they commit any crimes here and found guilty in court.

I believe it was badly worded by the BBC

It was.

It did sound in initial reports as if he was going to disrupt the flight by kicking off on the plane.
Later reports clarified this by saying he was going to start a legal challenge to stay in the UK and the £500 was paid to avoid all that.

Cheap at the price, as long as he stays away.

I believe it was badly worded by the BBC..

This is the Sky News report.

‘The government, who confirmed he was escorted on to a plane at Heathrow Airport on Tuesday night, said he has no right to return to the UK.

But Sky News understands Kebatu was handed a discretionary payment of £500 as part of efforts to avoid a lengthy legal challenge after he made threats to disrupt his removal.’

I think the BBC meant he threatened to disrupt the flight leaving the UK by raising a legal challenge, not to cause a disruption actually on the flight. Given he waited outside the prison for several hours after he was wrongly released from prison, and was re-arrested with no resistance at all, that seems more likely.

eazybee

^Kebatu threatened to disrupt the flight^ were the words quoted on the BBC website, which certainly suggests disruptive behaviour actually on the aeroplane, not an application for a delayed hearing.
Semantics.

That was my understanding too eazybee.

Kebatu threatened to disrupt the flight were the words quoted on the BBC website, which certainly suggests disruptive behaviour actually on the aeroplane, not an application for a delayed hearing.
Semantics.

I didn't say he was threatening to kick off, just that there was the fear he might. And I did say it was a decision made on costs.

Grandmabatty he was apparently not threatening to "kick off" on the plane - if you read around this it was a financial decision based on the costs of a challenged/ disrupted deportation.
To be fair if you have 5 security escorts it's probably not easy to "kick off".

The payment was approved by officials, not ministers, on Tuesday as an operational decision as they prepared to remove Kebatu, who had expressed a wish to return to Ethiopia when he was convicted.

Downing Street said he had attempted to apply for a “facilitated return scheme”, which under successive governments has offered foreign nationals resettlement grants of up to £1,500, but the attempt was denied.

“However, given Kebatu threatened to disrupt the flight, an operational decision was taken to facilitate his return,” the prime minister’s official spokesperson said.

The decision was taken by officials as the alternative was a slower and more expensive process, which would have included detention, a new flight and potentially fighting subsequent legal claims. The costs of cancelling the flight would have run into several thousands of pounds.
The Guardian

Well the Spectator is close then. That said £500 and 3 x £150 is £450.

Matters not really as he will be back on the next dinghy you can bet your life.

The average monthly salary in Ethiopia is equivalent to £150 in UK money Primrose53. There are plenty of online sources if you care to check. I doubt you will.

Casdon

Primrose53

Dorisdodar

Although it leaves a bad taste in the mouth 500 quid is money well spent to get him out of the country.

But it sets a precedent for other deportees to do the same. Never should have happened. They will all be at it now. I read that £500 here is equivalent to approx £38,000 in Ethiopia so a great little earner.

If there was £500 going spare I would rather it was given to his 14 year old victim. Poor girl!

You need to improve your sources.
www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_countries_result.jsp?country1=Ethiopia&country2=United+Kingdom

So we are expected to use your source only? 🤔

I searched reliable sources like the Spectator this morning and they say £500 is equivalent to average 3 months salary in Ethiopia. Last night ITV said it was equivalent to a year’s salary in Ethiopia.

Casdon thanks.
Had no idea about the cost of living in Ethiopia

The precedent was already set by Tories when they gave three people money to return to their original country. And it was much more than £500. I have read the reason why this awful man was given money. I can understand why it was better than a protracted court case and the costs of that which would have run into thousands. There was also the fear of him kicking off on the plane which appears to have been a real fear.

REKA

There is a scheme where the government willingly pay to those eligible to return if they want to.

The voluntary returns service can provide up to £3,000 in financial support to help you after you leave the UK. If you are eligible, you will get a single payment on a card before you leave the UK. You can only use the card in your home country

So this isn't setting a precedent at all.
Money well spent. It would cost a lot more keeping him here.

I agree. £500 was cheap to get rid of him. He's gone.

He received £500 the day I received a letter saying I will receive £100 winter fuel allowance

There is a scheme where the government willingly pay to those eligible to return if they want to.

The voluntary returns service can provide up to £3,000 in financial support to help you after you leave the UK. If you are eligible, you will get a single payment on a card before you leave the UK. You can only use the card in your home country

So this isn't setting a precedent at all.
Money well spent. It would cost a lot more keeping him here.

He threatened to bring a legal challenge to delay his deportation, which would have extended his stay and cost considerably more. Plus all the bad publicity.

Now who would have funded his lawyer?

We can’t fund our own hospices

Now, that is truly shocking that we cannot look after our dying people, and very sick and dying children without relying on charity.
But they are two separate issues.

He really had no case to bring for appealing deportation but some lawyer may have tried their best to do so.

All in all £500 was cheap compared to what he could have cost the British taxpayer with cancelled flights, keeping him while he tried to delay possible deportation and a possible asylum procedure.

Let's hope we never see him here again.

Primrose53

Dorisdodar

Although it leaves a bad taste in the mouth 500 quid is money well spent to get him out of the country.

But it sets a precedent for other deportees to do the same. Never should have happened. They will all be at it now. I read that £500 here is equivalent to approx £38,000 in Ethiopia so a great little earner.

If there was £500 going spare I would rather it was given to his 14 year old victim. Poor girl!

You need to improve your sources.
www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_countries_result.jsp?country1=Ethiopia&country2=United+Kingdom