ILLEGAL MIGRANT GUILTY OF SEX ASSAULT ON TEEN- Judge Williams says the defendant would be sentenced on 23 September.

An Ethiopian Illegal migrant has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman and a 14-year-old girl days after he had sought asylum in Britain, in a case that triggered protests at hotels housing migrants.

A Chelmsford Magistrate’ Court  judge  convicted Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu of two counts of sexual assault, one count of attempted sexual assault, one count of inciting a girl to engage in sexual activity and one count of harassment without violence.

Prosecutors said Kebatu, 41, had arrived in England by small boat just over a week before he tried to kiss the 14-year-old on a bench in the town of Epping, put his hand on her thigh and stroked her hair.

Kebatu had also sexually assaulted a woman who had offered to help him with his CV by trying to kiss her, putting his hand on her leg and telling her she was pretty, the prosecution said.

Judge Christopher Williams said the defendant would be sentenced on 23 September.