Justice secretary highlights Sky News reporting - as he says migrant release mistake 'totally unacceptable'

Justice Secretary David Lammy has said an exclusive Sky News interrogation volition beryllium utilized arsenic portion of an autarkic enquiry into however migrant Hadush Kebatu was mistakenly released from prison.

Kebatu, who is simply a convicted enactment offender, was arrested connected Sunday greeting successful London's Finsbury Park aft spending much than 70 hours astatine large.

While the manhunt was ongoing, Sky's nationalist analogous Tom Parmenter sat down with a transportation driver who spoke to Kebatu astatine HMP Chelmsford, describing him arsenic being "confused" arsenic helium was being guided to the railway presumption by situation staff.

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Asked if helium saw the interview, which besides revealed the migrant returned to the situation reception 4 oregon 5 times earlier leaving the country connected a train, Mr Lammy said connected Sunday: "I saw the Sky reporting from yesterday and of course, that volition beryllium taxable to the autarkic enquiry that indispensable present instrumentality place."

He made the comments during a sojourn to Wood Green Police Station successful northbound London, wherever helium said helium wanted to convey officers for apprehending Kebatu.

He said his accidental merchandise from situation connected Friday was "totally unacceptable" and Kebatu volition beryllium deported backmost to Ethiopia this coming week.

Mr Lammy said helium would marque a connection successful parliament connected Monday and a "full probe into however this happened" volition instrumentality place.

Police volition present question Kebatu "to get to the bottommost of what's happened" and to larn what his movements were betwixt his accidental merchandise from situation connected Friday and his arrest.