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Asylum seekers removed from Essex hotel targeted by far right as Home Office ends contract

Bell hotel in Epping was scene of violent protests after asylum seeker living there sexually assaulted girl and woman

The Guardian - UK

Asylum seekers moved out of Epping hotel targeted by far-right protesters

Violent protests were sparked in Essex after an asylum seeker living in Epping hotel sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl

The Independent UK

All residents removed from asylum hotel in Epping, says council

Last year, The Bell Hotel became the focus of protests after hotel resident Hadush Kebatu sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl.

Evening Standard

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Reform councillor faces calls to resign over ‘racist’ blackface photograph

The newly-elected Epping Forest councillor said a resident who discovered the image on his Facebook page ‘should not have been so nosey’

The Independent UK

Police deny rumours car incident is linked to Epping asylum hotel

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The Independent UK

Police debunk social media claims linking Epping car incident suspect to asylum hotel

Police say the speculation is ‘not helpful’

The Independent UK

Two men guilty of being part of ‘violent mob’ at asylum hotel protest in Epping

Lee Gower, 43, and Phillip Curson, 53, joined originally peaceful demonstrations outside the Bell Hotel on July 17 last year.

Evening Standard

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Police officer tells court of hostile environment at Epping asylum hotel protest

Chief Inspector Stuart Austin said police carriers were having their windscreens hit and wing mirrors torn off during the demonstrations.

Evening Standard

‘Violent mob’ at Epping asylum hotel protest attacked police, court hears

Lee Gower, 43, and Phillip Curson, 53, deny committing violent disorder during demonstrations outside The Bell Hotel in Essex on July 17.

Evening Standard

'Go back to India', 'Die Nazi': Melbourne dad finds racist notes while cleaning car; says there's no reason for such attacks

An Indian-origin man in Melbourne reported racist, hateful notes scattered across the front yard of his Epping home when he was cleaning his car. 'Go back to India', 'Die Nazi' -- the notes read. The man who did not want to disclose hi name posted the photos of the racist…

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Council to seek appeal against High Court ruling over Epping asylum hotel

Epping Forest District Council will continue with legal action over the Bell Hotel after councillors voted over the move on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Asylum seekers can stay at Epping Hotel, rules High Court judge in major blow to local campaigners

The owners of the Epping hotel fought against an injunction for breaching planning law

Evening Standard

Asylum seekers can stay at protest-hit Epping hotel after council fails in High Court legal bid

Epping Forest District Council took legal action against owners of migrant hotel in Essex after a series of protests

The Independent UK

Epping hotel can continue to house asylum seekers, high court rules

Local council unsuccessful in stopping use of Bell hotel in Essex, which became a flashpoint for protests this summer

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High Court judge to rule on whether Bell Hotel can accommodate asylum seekers

Epping Forest District Council is seeking a High Court injunction against Somani Hotels.

The Independent UK

Two more prisoners on run after being released from HMP Wandsworth by mistake in fresh crisis for Labour

Police searching for Algerian sex offender freed from Wandsworth jail by mistake along with convicted fraudster – days after justice secretary claimed he’d introduced strictest-ever prison checks following Epping migrant blunder

The Independent UK

Father of 14-year-old girl assaulted by Epping sex offender says government has ‘relentlessly’ failed family

Family say they have received ‘no justice’ over attack carried out by Hadush Kebatu

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Migrant Deportation Deal: Why Was Sex Offender Given £500 to Leave Quietly?

Home Office horror: Convicted sex offender Hadush Kebatu paid £500 post-mistaken release in migrant deportation scandal. Political fury over taxpayer waste, Epping assaults echo

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Epping sex offender Hadush Kebatu deported to Ethiopia, Home Office confirms

Kebatu, who was wrongly freed from Essex prison, was put on a flight to Ethiopia and arrived on Wednesday

Evening Standard

Epping sex offender Hadush Kebatu was given £500 to 'stop him disrupting flight to avoid deportation'

Hadush Kebatu was deported on Tuesday evening after being arrested following a huge manhunt when he was wrongly freed from prison

Evening Standard

'Human error' by a prison officer led to Epping sex offender Hadush Kebatu being wrongly freed, says Lammy

The Ethiopian asylum seeker was recaptured on Sunday after being mistakenly released from HMP Chelmsford on Friday

The Independent UK

Billions squandered on asylum hotels because of Home Office ‘incompetence’

Home Office oversight over asylum accommodation is chaotic and incompetent, causing costs to spiral, influential group of MPs warns

The Independent UK

Dad of girl, 14, attacked by Hadush Kebatu hits out at ‘irresponsible’ justice system

The migrant, who resided at the Bell Hotel in Epping during the assault, travelled from Chelmsford to London

The Guardian - UK

A timeline of Epping sex offender’s arrival in the UK to his rearrest after prison error

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was accidentally released from prison instead of being sent to immigration detention

Evening Standard

Epping migrant sex offender to be ‘deported’ this week as victim’s father says mistaken release caused ‘so much stress and anxiety’

Kebatu was arrested on Seven Sisters Road at around 8.30am on Sunday

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