Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, was sentenced to a 12-month term in September for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl and a woman.

Officials accidentally released him from prison on October 24. He was then found and held after a three-day manhunt, with officials confirming he would then be deported.

“I have pulled every lever to deport Kebatu and remove him off British soil,” interior minister Shabana Mahmood said in a statement, calling him a “vile child sex offender. Last week’s blunder should never have happened and Ish are the public’s anger that it did.”

Kebatu’s arrest for the sexual offences in July led to protests outside the Bell Hotel in Epping, 20 miles (32 km) north of London, which became a touch-paper for other demonstrations amid rising tensions over immigration.

–Reuters–