9 d. ago Moment Rolex knife slasher snared by live facial recognition cameras arrested in street

Adenola Akindutire, 22, stole luxury timepieces valued at £28,300 after posing as a buyer on Facebook marketplace

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1 week ago Prisoner manhunt LIVE: Met police 'urgently' seeking Algerian man wrongly released from HMP Wandsworth a week ago

A manhunt is under way in London after another foreign prisoner was mistakenly released from jail.

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2 w. ago Met Police to scale up use of live facial recognition cameras after hundreds of arrests

Scotland Yard claims its Live Facial Recognition cameras are making London safer and plans to expand their use across the capital

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2 w. ago Epping migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu mistakenly released from prison deported to Ethiopia

A huge manhunt was carried out for Hadush Kebatu who was wrongly freed from prison instead of being sent to an immigration detention centre

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2 w. ago 'Livid' David Lammy orders probe into mistaken release of Epping sex offender

Hadush Kebatu was arrested on Sunday following a two-day manhunt after he was wrongly released from HMP Chelmsford instead of being sent to an immigration detention centre

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2 w. ago Prison custody manager ‘scapegoated’ over bungled release of Hadush Kebatu, union claims

Mistakes happen all the time amid jails chaos, warns chief inspector of prisons

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2 w. ago Epping migrant sex offender to be ‘deported’ this week as victim’s father says mistaken release caused ‘so much stress and anxiety’

Kebatu was arrested on Seven Sisters Road at around 8.30am on Sunday

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2 w. ago Watch: Moment police lead Epping sex attacker Kebatu into van after Finsbury Park arrest

Hadush Kebatu has been “unlawfully at large” since Friday when he was released from an Essex jail by accident

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3 w. ago Police arrest sex offender accidentally released from jail after three day manhunt

The sex offender who was mistakenly released from prison has been found after a huge three day manhunt was launched to locate the criminal, named Hadush Kebatu

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3 w. ago New CCTV shows missing sex offender Hadush Kebatu inside library as manhunt continues

New CCTV shows missing sex offender Hadush Kebatu inside a library as the manhunt for him continues.

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3 w. ago Kebatu manhunt LIVE: Met Police urges Epping hotel sex assault convict to turn himself in

Kebatu was freed by mistake at HMP Chelmsford on Friday morning instead of being sent to an immigration detention centre

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3 w. ago Hadush Kebatu manhunt live: Met Police update on mistakenly released sex offender

Hadush Kebatu manhunt live: Met Police update on mistakenly released sex offender  The Independent

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3 w. ago Hadush Kebatu manhunt LIVE: Met Police urges Epping hotel sex assault convict to turn himself in

Kebatu was freed by mistake at HMP Chelmsford on Friday morning instead of being sent to an immigration detention centre

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3 w. ago Hadush Kebatu manhunt live: Met Police issue update after mistakenly released sex offender ‘takes trains across London’

Metropolitan Police make direct appeal to Hadush Kebatu to hand himself in

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3 w. ago Hadush Kebatu manhunt LIVE: Met Police lead London hunt for Epping hotel sex assault convict freed in error

Kebatu was freed by mistake at HMP Chelmsford on Friday morning instead of being sent to an immigration detention centre

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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 Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu manhunt live: Met police take over search for sex offender after London sighting

Commander James Conway says finding Kebatu, whose arrest sparked riots over the summer, is a ‘top priority’On Friday, Sir Keir Starmer called the accidental release of Hadush Kebatu “totally unacceptable”, adding:I am appalled that it has happened and it’s being investigated.The police are working urgently to track him down, and my Government is supporting them This man must be caught and deported for his crimes.Let us be clear, we inherited a collapsing prison system in which the last government was releasing people early and which our prisons were overflowing.And, indeed, we have a sentencing bill in parliament seeking to address that issue, and we have stabilised the system. Continue reading...

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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 Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu manhunt live: Met Police takes over search for sex offender after London sighting

Cmdr James Conway says finding Kebatu, whose arrest sparked riots over the summer, is a ‘top priority’The number of prisoners released in error more than doubled in the year to March 2025, Government data shows.A report by His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) said 262 prisoners were released in error from April 2024 to March 2025, up from 115 in the year to March 2024.We’ve confirmed that Kebatu got off the London-bound train at Stratford station.We are examining CCTV from that area and further afield, including on the transport network, to establish information about his subsequent movements. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Epping manhunt latest: Jailed hotel asylum seeker ‘last seen in London’ after mistaken release

Hadush Kebatu was mistakenly released from prison on Friday, weeks after being jailed for sexually assaulting a schoolgirl in Essex

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