The Latest Breaking News from Epping

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

The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2025

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

Evening Standard · Oct 26, 2025

Epping sex offender back in custody after release from prison in error

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, whose case led to summer protests in Essex, detained again and faces deportation

The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2025

Epping hotel migrant accidentally freed from prison is ‘at large in London’, warns Lammy

Epping hotel migrant Hadush Kebatu who was accidentally freed from prison is “at large in London”, deputy prime minister David Lammy has said.

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2025

Asylum seeker freed in error from prison seen taking train to London

Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu had been jailed for the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl.

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2025

Epping hotel asylum seeker jailed for sexual assault freed by mistake

The Sun first reported on Friday that he was meant to be sent to an immigration detention centre to be deported but was freed by mistake.

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2025

Manhunt after Epping hotel migrant who sexually assaulted girl accidentally released from prison

David Lammy ‘livid’ that Hadush Kebatu ‘is at large tonight’ as manhunt launched

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2025

London manhunt underway after Epping asylum seeker jailed for girl’s assault mistakenly released

Police are hunting Hadush Kebatu, 41, whose sex attacks sparked nationwide protests outside migrant hotels after ‘mother of all f***-ups’ saw his release

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2025

Council faces wait to discover outcome of asylum seeker hotel injunction bid

Epping Forest District Council is taking legal action against Somani Hotels, which owns the Bell Hotel in Epping.

Evening Standard · Oct 17, 2025

Fourth man jailed for violent disorder outside hotel housing asylum seekers

Police said the 28-year-old acted in an ‘intimidating way, encouraging other people there to face off against our officers’.

Evening Standard · Oct 17, 2025