Essex Police have denied claims officers “bussed” counter-demonstrators to a protest outside a hotel housing asylum seekers last week, calling them “categorically wrong”.
A series of demonstrations has taken place outside the Bell Hotel in Epping since asylum seeker Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, was charged with sexual assault after an incident earlier this month, in which he is alleged to have attempted to kiss a 14-year-old girl.
