Sarah Jones, minister for policing and crimeThe minister for policing and crime Sarah Jones has admitted officials’ decision to give a migrant sex offender £500 to leave the UK “sticks in the throat”.Hadush Kebatu was deported to Ethiopia on Tuesday night, a month after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl and a woman while he was staying in an asylum hotel in Epping.Kebatu came over to the UK on a small boat to claim asylum but ended up triggering anti-migrant protests with his crimes.His case caused further outrage when he was accidentally released from prison last Friday – while still serving his 12-month sentence – prompting a 48-hour manhunt.After his recapture, five officials accompanied him on his deportation flight – and paid him £500 when he threatened to disrupt his own removal.The decision was not made by ministers, but by the removal team who made the payment, suspecting the subsequent fallout would only cost the taxpayer more.Speaking to Times Radio, minister Jones said while the matter of payment for Kebatu is obviously “galling,” it was the right thing to do.She said: “I don’t think it’s a bribe. I wouldn’t use that terminology.“Of course, this sticks