Justice Secretary David Lammy has said an exclusive Sky News interview will be used as part of an independent inquiry into how migrant Hadush Kebatu was mistakenly released from prison.

Kebatu, who is a convicted sex offender, was arrested on Sunday morning in London's Finsbury Park after spending more than 70 hours at large.

While the manhunt was ongoing, Sky's national correspondent Tom Parmenter sat down with a delivery driver who spoke to Kebatu at HMP Chelmsford, describing him as being "confused" as he was being guided to the railway station by prison staff.

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Asked if he saw the interview, which also revealed the migrant returned to the prison reception four or five times before leaving the area on a train, Mr Lammy said on Sunday: "I saw the Sky re

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