The sentencing hearing at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court was told Kebatu wants to be deported after serving his time in prison, with his defence lawyer Molly Dyas adding it is a view he held “before the trial”. The court heard that the defendant also told a probation officer that the “United Kingdom was too strict” after being convicted of sexual assault. As well as receiving a 12-month sentence, Kebatu was ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register for 10 years, and was made the subject of a five-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order. Judge Williams told Kebatu he agreed with the author of a pre-sentence report that he was “manipulative” when interviewed by a probation officer. He told the defendant: “That report indicates you were very reluctant to speak about the offending.