16 h. ago Five other prisoners have been accidentally released from prison in just one week after Epping hotel migrant sex attacker freed by mistake

A manhunt was launched on Friday as officials let the Ethiopian national roam free from the Essex prison instead of sending him to an immigration detention centre.

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34 h. ago QUENTIN LETTS: Deputy PM David Lammy laughed theatrically but he was seething, his voice now near castrato

In the Commons David Lammy, Deputy PM and Justice Secretary, was fighting to save his career after the Epping sex offender was accidentally released from prison.

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41 h. ago Prison staff complain they are being 'scapegoated' after accidentally freeing Epping sex attack migrant as Lammy blames 'human error'

Mark Fairhurst, the national chair of the UK Prison Officers' Association (POA), said at least two more senior figures were also involved in the release of Hadush Kebatu.

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47 h. ago Moment mistakenly freed migrant sex offender arrested by police in north London park

The moment a migrant sex offender accidentally released from prison was arrested in a north London park following a two-day manhunt was caught on camera by a passerby.

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49 h. ago Family of schoolgirl assaulted by migrant sex offender ‘infuriated’ by accidental prison release

Questions remain for the government over the error that led to Hadush Kebatu walking freely on the streets

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3 d. 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 d. ago Prison staff 'told Epping attacker to get on train' after accidental release

Moments after being mistakenly freed by staff at HMP Chelmsford, Epping sex attacker Hadush Kebatu was pointed in the direction of a railway station by guards who told him to 'go', it is claimed

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4 d. ago Father of girl, 14, who was assaulted by migrant sex attacker says 'justice system has let us down' as police comb London after asylum seeker was freed by mistake and handed £76 to live on

Police are combing London in search for sex offender Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu who was released from prison by mistake yesterday.

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4 d. ago Asylum seeker sex attacker still at large: Father of girl, 14, who was assaulted by Ethiopian says 'justice system has let us down' as police comb London after he was freed by mistake

Police are combing London in search for sex offender Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu who was released from prison by mistake yesterday.

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4 d. ago Epping hotel sex attacker is 'at large in London', David Lammy says

Hadush Kebatu, 41, was supposed to be sent to an immigration detention centre to be deported but was instead accidentally let loose.

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4 d. 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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4 d. 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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4 d. ago Manhunt for Epping hotel sex attack migrant 'at large in London' after being accidentally freed from jail

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

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4 d. ago 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

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4 d. ago Manhunt for Epping hotel sex attack migrant who got on train to London after being accidentally freed from jail

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

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4 d. ago Epping hotel sex attacker is seen in the street hours after being accidentally FREED from prison instead of being deported

Hadush Kebatu, 41, was supposed to be sent to an immigration detention centre to be deported but was instead accidentally let loose.

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4 d. ago Manhunt for Epping hotel sex attack migrant who boarded train to London after being mistakenly freed from jail

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

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4 d. ago Manhunt for Epping hotel sex attack migrant mistakenly freed from jail in 'appalling' error

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

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4 d. ago Epping hotel migrant who sexually assaulted girl, 14, accidentally released from prison

A manhunt is said to be underway after Hadush Kebatu was released by mistake - leaving the justice secretary ‘furious’

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4 d. ago Manhunt for Epping hotel migrant sex attacker after he's accidentally FREED from prison instead of being deported

Hadush Kebatu, 41, was supposed to be sent to an immigration detention centre to be deported but was instead accidentally let loose, the Sun reports.

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