31 m. ago 'A level of incompetence that beggars belief': Kemi rips into PM as manhunt continues after Epping asylum hotel sex attacker is freed by mistake

A police manhunt was sparked for sex offender Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu after he was accidentally released back into the community rather than to an immigration centre.

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38 m. ago Asylum seeker jailed for sexual assaults accidentally released from prison

A manhunt has been launched for Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, who was jailed for sexually assaulting a woman and a 14-year-old girl.

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94 m. ago Manhunt after Epping hotel asylum seeker who sexually assaulted girl freed in error from prison

Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, who had been living at the Bell Hotel in Epping, was jailed for 12 months in September

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4 h. ago Asylum seeker jailed for sexual assault of woman and girl, 14, freed by mistake

The man had been living at a hotel before he was jailed for sexually assaulting a woman and a 14-year-old girl was released from jail as part of an administrative error

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5 h. ago Kebatu manhunt latest: Epping hotel asylum seeker 'at large in London' after mistaken release

Kebatu manhunt latest: Epping hotel asylum seeker 'at large in London' after mistaken release - with three police forces searching for him  Sky News

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5 h. ago Sex offender who sparked UK asylum hotel protests released by mistake

David Lammy said to be furious after Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, who was meant to go to an immigration detention centre to be deported, was accidentally freedA man who sparked nationwide protests after sexually assaulting a woman and a 14-year-old girl near the asylum hotel in Epping where he was a resident has been accidentally released from jail.The Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, was jailed for 12 months in September. He was meant to be sent to an immigration detention centre to be deported but was freed by mistake, it has emerged. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago 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.

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7 d. ago Judge to decide 'at a later date' whether asylum seekers can stay at a migrant hotel in Essex after three

Epping Forest District Council (EFDC) is taking legal action against Somani Hotels, owner of the Bell Hotel in Epping, claiming accommodating asylum seekers breaches planning rules.

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9 d. ago Shabana Mahmood accused of 'siding against local people' in Epping migrant row, as council launches new legal challenge to close down asylum hotel

Epping Forest District Council's High Court challenge claims accommodating asylum seekers at the Bell Hotel is a 'serious, flagrant and continuing' breach of planning laws.

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