9 d. ago Witness who called police on wrongly released Algerian sex offender inmate Brahim Kaddour

Kaddour-Cherif was re-arrested after being accidentally released from HMP Wandsworth. Two weeks prior, sex attack migrant Hadush Kebatu was arrested in the very same park.

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1 week ago Victim of Epping hotel sex attack migrant broke down in tears and felt 'in danger all over again' after he was mistakenly released and then paid £500 to leave Britain

The victim said she felt like Kebatu had been 'paid for what he had done to me' after he was given £500 to prevent a legal challenge against his removal.

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2 w. ago Ministers were warned that jail which wrongly freed Ethiopian sex attack migrant had 'litany of issues and errors' over prisoner release

The error at HMP Chelmsford, in Essex, saw Hadush Kebatu freed when he should have been handed to immigration officers.

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2 w. ago Migrant sex attacker jailed after brave Tube passengers stopped him fleeing Central line train

Muslih Alotaibi, 39, surrounded by furious male commuters between Oxford Circus and Mile End

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2 w. ago Wrongly released Epping sex attack migrant claims he tried to hand himself in to police

The illegal migrant was freed from HMP Chelmsford in error on Friday just four weeks after being sentenced for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl and a woman in Essex

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2 w. ago Sex attack migrant mistakenly released from jail was given £500 to leave the country

The Ethiopian was found guilty of sexually assaulting a schoolgirl and a woman in Epping, Essex, just over a week after arriving in the UK on a small boat in June.

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2 w. ago Sex attack migrant deported 'with no right to return' after UK

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said she 'pulled every lever' to deport Kebatu, and added that she was 'pleased to confirm this vile child sex offender has been deported. Our streets are safer because of it'

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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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3 w. ago Moment fugitive Epping sex attack migrant is arrested in north London after his accidental release sparked three day hunt

A wrongly freed migrant sex attacker has been arrested this morning

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3 w. ago Migrant sex offender mistakenly released from prison is arrested in London

Officers made the arrest this morning

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3 w. ago Epping sex attack migrant arrested in Finsbury Park after three days on the run after Wes Streeting makes desperate TV plea

A wrongly freed migrant sex attacker has been arrested this morning

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3 w. ago Wes Streeting forced into humiliating plea for public to help find fugitive migrant sex offender as manhunt continues in east London  

Kebatu was set free from HMP Chelmsford in error on Friday four weeks after being sentenced for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl and a woman in Epping,

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3 w. ago Sex attack migrant 'returned to prison five times' after being accidently freed

Ethiopian national Hadush Kebatu was jailed for 12 months in September for the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl in Epping. The sex attack led to major protests in Epping

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3 w. ago Sex attack migrant spotted with avocado bag – after he ‘tried to return to prison 5 times but was turned away by guards’

THE sex offender migrant mistakenly released from jail was last spotted donning his prison tracksuit and carrying an avocado and egg bag. It comes after it was revealed Hadush Kebatu, 41, tried to go back to his prison four or five times as he stood outside for 90 minutes asking for help. Shocking new CCTV showed...

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3 w. ago Prison staff guided 'confused' sex attack migrant to train station after he stood outside jail for 90 minutes

Sim saw Kebatu going in and out of the prison 'four or five times' and said Kebatu was 'very confused' and 'kept scratching his head and saying, 'Where do I go, where do I go?''

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3 w. ago Frantic hunt for freed migrant sex attacker: Net closes in as asylum seeker who assaulted girl, 14, is spotted in London as police reveal where he got off train

Specialist officers from Met Police have launched a massive manhunt for Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 41, who was released in error from HMP Chelmsford on Friday.

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3 w. ago Frantic hunt for freed migrant sex attacker: Net closes in as asylum seeker who assaulted girl, 14, is spotted in London and three police forces scour capital for him

Three police forces are now hunting for Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 41, as they say they are scouring hours of railway station CCTV footage to see if they can track his movements.

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3 w. ago Sex offender who sparked summer riots spotted ‘in London area’ after being freed by mistake

Essex police say search ongoing for former asylum seeker Hadush Gerberslasie KebatuA former asylum seeker who was released from prison in error after sexually assaulting a woman and a 14-year-old girl has been spotted “in the London area”, after officers worked through the night to track his movements, Essex police said.The Metropolitan police and the British Transport Police were working with Essex police to assist in the search and were urging anyone “who sees him, knows where he is or has any information” to call 999 immediately. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago London manhunt underway after Epping asylum seeker jailed for girl’s assault mistakenly released

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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