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The battle over the Bell hotel: how a year of asylum protests tore apart a pretty, prosperous Essex town

Last summer, a 14-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by an asylum seeker in Epping and this small community was engulfed in protest. Can it recover?

The Guardian - UK

Mistakenly released UK prisoner turns himself in as search continues for second convict

According to government figures, 262 prisoners were released in error in the year ending March 2025, a 128% increase on the previous 12-month period.

Euronews

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

The Guardian - UK

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Tuesday briefing: What the mistaken release of Hadush Kebatu reveals about a Prison Service in crisis

In today’s newsletter: Rising numbers of prisoners released by accident are laying bare systemic failings in England and Wales, from overworked staff to issues with probation

The Guardian - UK

'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

Evening Standard

Prisons to start ‘strengthened’ checks after migrant released in error

David Lammy will set out a series of measures aimed at strengthening the system as he faces questions about the blunder from MPs.

Evening Standard

Prisons to begin extra checks after asylum seeker debacle

Hadush Kebatu was wrongly allowed to walk free after sexually assaulting a teen

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David Lammy to face Commons questions after arrest of Epping migrant sex offender mistakenly freed from jail

The Justice Secretary has said Hadush Kebatu will be deported this week after his arrest on Sunday morning in Finsbury Park

Evening Standard

Lammy to face questions after arrest of sex offender mistakenly freed from jail

Hadush Kebatu was found and arrested by police officers on Sunday morning in Finsbury Park.

The Independent 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

The Guardian - UK

Timeline of events in case of asylum seeker who was released accidentally

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was accidentally released from HMP Chelmsford on Friday.

Evening Standard

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

Search for asylum seeker mistakenly released from prison enters third day

The Metropolitan Police has revealed the last sighting of Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was in Hackney, London, on Friday.

Evening Standard

Manhunt continues to find migrant sex offender freed from prison by mistake

Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was freed from HMP Chelmsford on Friday instead of being transferred to an immigration detention centre

Evening Standard

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Evening Standard

Asylum seeker tried to return to prison ‘several times’ after release in error

Police said Ethiopian national Hadush Kebatu is carrying a ‘distinctive white bag with pictures of avocados on it’.

The Independent UK

Prison mistakenly released migrant sex offender despite him ‘returning four or five times to reception’

Hadush Kebatu kept asking prison staff ‘what to do’ after he was released from HMP Chelmsford by error, according to a delivery driver who saw him at the time of his release

The Independent UK

Met Police makes direct appeal to missing asylum seeker to hand himself in

Commander James Conway said that the asylum seeker had taken ‘a number of journeys’ across London since his release on Friday.

Evening Standard

In just 117 days ‘repulsive’ asylum seeker has sparked national anger and crises

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was convicted of the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl eight days after arriving in the UK.

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Evening Standard

Kebatu manhunt LIVE: Epping sex offender arrested in north London after mistaken prison release

Kebatu was freed by mistake at HMP Chelmsford on Friday morning instead of being sent to an immigration detention centre

International Business Times UK

Dangerous Blunder: Deportation-Bound Sex Offender Mistakenly Freed and At Large in London

A convicted sex offender due for deportation has been mistakenly released from HMP Chelmsford, triggering a major manhunt across London. The blunder has intensified scrutiny of Britain's overstretched prison and immigration systems amid rising political backlash.

The Guardian - UK

Met police take over search for Epping sex offender after London sighting – as it happened

Commander James Conway says finding Kebatu, whose arrest sparked riots over the summer, is a ‘top priority’

The Independent UK

British police search London for asylum-seeker mistakenly released from prisond

British police are searching for an asylum-seeker mistakenly released from prison

The Independent UK

Asylum seeker released in error spotted in London area, police say

An asylum seeker, Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, who was jailed for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, was accidentally released from HMP Chelmsford instead of being transferred to an immigration detention centre. Kebatu, an Ethiopian national, was last seen in the London area after boarding a train from Chelmsford, prompting an…

Evening Standard

Timeline of events that led up to asylum seeker being released accidentally

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was accidentally released from HMP Chelmsford on Friday.

The Independent UK

Timeline of accidental prison release and arrest of Epping migrant sex offender

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was accidentally released from HMP Chelmsford on Friday

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