Overview
- Sebastian Pavel Baltatu, 24, admitted five breaches of sex offender requirements and a deportation order at Manchester Crown Court on Friday, April 18, and was jailed for 18 months.
- He was originally sentenced in 2019 for raping a child under 13 and was deported from the UK in 2020.
- Greater Manchester Police’s Sex Offender Management Unit discovered he was back in Manchester and traced him to Gorton after a Universal Credit claim, a welfare payment run by the Department for Work and Pensions.
- Police said he now faces deportation again as officers review other registered sex offenders believed to be overseas to check whether they have returned.
- Detectives described him as a continuing risk to the public, and the case shows how routine checks and shared administrative data can help locate people who try to evade monitoring.