Hadush Kebatu, an Ethiopian national who was mistakenly freed from HMP Chelmsford on Friday, has been found and arrested after a three-day manhunt.

The Metropolitan Police said Kebatu was detained in the Finsbury Park at around 8.30am this morning.

The refugee who was jailed for 12 months in September for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl and a woman in Epping, Essex, and was serving his sentence at HMP Chelmsford.

However a prison error saw him get released on Friday morning instead of being transferred to an immigration detention centre, prompting the urgent search across the capital.

He boarded a train to London shortly after his release and was later seen on CCTV in Dalston, east London, shortly before 8pm.

A Prison Service officer has now been suspended, while Justice Secretary David Lammy said he was “livid” about the error.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer also called the situation “totally unacceptable”.