Asylum Seeker Hotel Resident Jailed for 12 Months for Sexual Assault of Girl, 14

Asylum Seeker Hotel Resident Jailed for 12 Months for Sexual Assault of Girl, 14
Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was jailed for 12 months on Tuesday. Crown Prosecution Service/PA
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An asylum seeker hotel resident who sparked nationwide protests after sexually assaulting a woman and a 14-year-old girl faces deportation after being jailed for 12 months.

Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, who arrived in the UK on a small boat days before the incidents, was found guilty of five offences following a three-day trial at Chelmsford and Colchester magistrates’ courts.