1 week ago Second asylum seeker inadvertently released from jail, MPs told, after Lammy dodges questions at PMQs – UK politics live

Lammy, standing in for Keir Starmer, avoided answering questions on the mistaken release during PMQsDavid Lammy starts by saying the PM is in Brazil.He says the thoughts of all MPs are still with the victims of the appalling attacks in Huntingdon and Peterborough, where, he says, he was at school for seven years. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Manhunt begins as asylum seeker accidentally released from south London prison

Manhunt begins as asylum seeker accidentally released from south London prison  This Is Local London

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1 week ago Manhunt begins as second asylum seeker accidentally released from south London prison

Manhunt begins as second asylum seeker accidentally released from south London prison  Guardian Series

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2 w. ago Prison officer 'unfairly suspended' over asylum seeker release says union chief

Mark Fairhurst, the national chairman of the prison officers' union, said a male worker had been suspended after the accidental release of Hadush Kebatu at HMP Chelmsford on Friday

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2 w. ago '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

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3 w. ago Epping migrant sex offender 'wasn’t trying to get away' as he was arrested in London park, eyewitness says

Epping migrant sex offender 'wasn’t trying to get away' as he was arrested in London park, eyewitness says  BBCMoment migrant sex offender arrested in London park  BBCBritish police search London for asylum-seeker mistakenly released from prison  NBC News

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3 w. ago Timeline of events in case of asylum seeker who was released accidentally

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

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3 w. ago Met arrests Epping asylum seeker released from prison by accident

Force says Hadush Kebatu was detained on Sunday in Finsbury Park area of north London

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3 w. ago Epping asylum seeker released from prison FOUND and arrested in London

Epping asylum seeker released from prison FOUND and arrested in London  Thurrock Gazette

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3 w. ago 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.

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3 w. ago Asylum seeker released by mistake tried to return to prison 'several times'

Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu remains at large

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3 w. ago 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

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3 w. ago Asylum seeker tried to return to prison ‘several times’ after release in error

Police said Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu has made a number of trips in London and has access to funds.

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3 w. ago Met take over search for Epping sex offender after a sighting ‘in London area’

Former asylum seeker Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu has been missing since being released from prison in errorPolice searching in London for a former asylum seeker and convicted sex offender who was released from prison in error have urged him to hand himself in.The Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was jailed for 12 months in September for sexually assaulting a woman and a 14-year-old girl and made the subject of a five-year sexual harm prevention order. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Met police urge Epping sex offender spotted in London to hand himself in

Former asylum seeker Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu has been missing since being released from prison in errorPolice searching in London for a former asylum seeker and convicted sex offender who was released from prison in error have urged him to hand himself in.The Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was jailed for 12 months in September for sexually assaulting a woman and a 14-year-old girl and made the subject of a five-year sexual harm prevention order. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Asylum seeker released from prison in error seen in London area, police say

Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was accidentally set from HMP Chelmsford on Friday.

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3 w. ago Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu manhunt live: Met police take over search for Epping sex offender after London sighting

Commander James Conway says finding Kebatu, whose arrest sparked riots over the summer, is a ‘top priority’The accidental release of the asylum seeker was a “mind-blowing” blunder, says the MP for Chelmsford.The Liberal Democrat MP Marie Goldman said on Saturday: “My mind has blown. How this could possibly happen?”He came out of the airlock, and kept saying to the officers there, ‘Where am I going? What am I doing? I don’t know where I’m going and what I’m doing.’He was holding a pack of paperwork in his arms, and his bag of bits He knew he’d been deported. He came over to me and said, ‘I need you to help me.’ Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Epping manhunt latest: Met police take control of search for jailed asylum seeker released in error

Hadush Kebatu was last seen in London after he was mistakenly released from prison on Friday

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3 w. ago Asylum seeker released in error spotted in London area, police say

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

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3 w. ago 'Call 999 immediately' if you see asylum seeker released in error last seen in London

'Call 999 immediately' if you see asylum seeker released in error last seen in London  News Shopper

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