The Met Police have issued an update on their search Epping sex attacker Hadush Kebatu as they disclose his movements earlier in the evening and track him to inside a library
Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu is still at large(Image: Essex Police/AFP via Getty Image)
New CCTV showing Hadush Kebatu inside a library has been shared by police in their latest update.
Kebatu was jailed for 12 months in September for the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl in Epping and was freed from HMP Chelmsford instead of being sent to an immigration detention centre.
The Metropolitan Police have been supporting the Essex Police-led operation to locate Kebatu since it was confirmed that he boarded a London-bound train from Chelmsford Station at 12:41hrs on Friday, October 24.
Extensive enquiries have been carried out in the hours since and based on those enquiries, there is a high degree of confidence that Kebatu is likely still in the London area.
The newly shared CCTV(Image: met.police)
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In the latest update from the Met Police shortly after 11.30pm last night they released new CCTV of Kebatu inside a library and confirmed additional officers have been deployed to the area.
The full update read: “We continue to carry out extensive enquiries as the manhunt for Hadush Kebatu continues. Officers have now confirmed that he was last seen shortly before 20:00hrs on Friday evening in the Dalston area of Hackney.
The asylum seeker who was mistakenly released from prison returned in a “very confused state” several times in a 90-minute period before staff sent him away to the railway station(Image: PA)
“He was still wearing his prison-issue grey tracksuit top and bottoms, but is now carrying his belongings in a distinctive white bag with pictures of avocados on it.
“We have released CCTV footage from slightly earlier in the evening, at around 18:00hrs, when he was seen inside a library in Dalston Square. Additional officers have been deployed to the area to carry out further searches, but we are appealing for the help of local residents to report any sightings as soon as possible. Anyone who sees Kebatu should call 999 immediately.”
It comes after witnesses said Kebatu returned to the prison gates in a “very confused state” several times in a 90-minute period before staff sent him away to a railway station.
Chelmsford train station(Image: Getty Images)
A delivery driver described seeing Kebatu return to HMP Chelmsford in a “very confused” state “four or five times”, only to be turned away by prison staff and directed to the railway station.
The 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?”
He said that Kebatu knew that he should be deported but the prison staff were “basically sending him away” and saying to him “Go, you’ve been released, you go”.
The driver said: “He kept scratching his head and saying, ‘where do I go, where do I go?’
