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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

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 · Oct 25, 2025

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’.

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2025

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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.

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2025

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 Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2025

Two-fifths of mobile phone thefts in Europe happen in UK, shows insurance data

Analysis shows phone theft claims in UK have risen by 425% since 2021 with 42% occurring in London

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2025

Massive rise in London mobile phone thefts as Met Police admit 'we have a growing and very serious problem'

Some 80,000 devices were stolen in the capital last year - about 16,000 more than in 2023

Evening Standard · Jun 4, 2025

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MPs accuse Apple and Google of profiting from rise in phone thefts

Firms defend security features after police tell committee 80,000 phones were stolen in London in 2024

The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2025

Man killed in Hackney stabbing named by police

A young man who died after being stabbed in east London has been identified by police as 20-year-old Jason Junior Romeo.

Evening Standard · Feb 19, 2025

School policing overhauled in Hackney after Child Q strip-searching scandal

The role of police officers in Hackney’s schools is to be overhauled, four years after the Child Q strip-searching scandal.

Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2024

Tributes paid to ‘jolly, cheerful, caring’ man stabbed to death in east London

Jade Anthony Barnett, who was attacked in Clapton, used a mobility scooter after losing a leg in a motorcycle accident

The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2024

Girl, 9, shot in front of parents at Dalston restaurant ‘may never speak or move properly again’

‘She only went there for ice cream’ devastated parents speak out as girl still in critical condition following shooting in May

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2024

Nine-year-old shot in Hackney may never again ‘speak or move properly’

Police renew appeal for information on motorcyclist who fired into restaurant where girl was having family meal out

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2024

Hackney shooting: Girl, 9, remains in critical condition one week on from Turkish restaurant drive-by

The girl remains ‘in a hospital bed fighting for her life’ after being shot at random

Evening Standard · Jun 5, 2024

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Evening Standard · Jun 3, 2024

Real target of Hackney drive-by shooting that left girl, 9, critical, says: 'I wish it had been me'

The intended victim is said to be a man linked to London’s Turkish gangs, who survived a previous attempt on his life four years ago

The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2024

Family of girl, 9, critically injured in Dalston shooting ‘praying to God’ for her recovery

The girls’s grandmother said she was ‘praying for her survival’ after the drive-by shooting at a restaurant in Dalston

The Independent UK · May 31, 2024

Met Police issue update on Hackney shooting as girl, 9, fights for life

Gunman on stolen motorbike opened fire on Turkish restaurant while child was eating with family

Evening Standard · May 31, 2024

Hackney shooting: Police release image of motorbike used in drive-by as girl, 9, remains fighting for life

A motorbike stolen in Wembley in 2021 was used in the drive-by shooting in Hackney, police have said

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Evening Standard · Mar 24, 2024

Metropolitan Police charge man with Hackney fire which injured four

Man charged with three offences to appear in court on Monday

Evening Standard · Dec 6, 2023

‘Beautiful soul’ shot dead in street may have been gangland victim, police say

Lianne Gordon is thought not to have been the intended target of the triple shooting in Hackney on Tuesday evening

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

I feel betrayed by police, says mother of Black teenage boy arrested at gunpoint over water pistol

Boy was knocked to the ground, handcuffed and arrested on suspicion of having a firearm after being confronted by marksmen

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

Mother of water pistol boy surrounded by armed police says she was betrayed

The mother said she and her son had been treated with contempt.

Evening Standard · Oct 19, 2023

Boy, 13, knocked off bike by police in Hackney after water pistol mistaken for real gun

The boy was knocked off his bike by a police van and handcuffed during the incident in east London in July.

The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2023

Boy, 13, confronted by armed police after water pistol mistaken for real gun

The boy was knocked off his bike by a police van and handcuffed during the incident in east London in July.

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2023

Police officers could face sack over school strip-search of 15-year-old girl

The girl was searched with no appropriate adult present while on her period at a school in Hackney in 2020.

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