9 d. ago Hospital in lockdown as police search for 'sex offender hiding in facility' with 'shots fired'

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9 d. ago Who are the prisoners mistakenly released from Wandsworth Prison?

Police are continuing the search for a migrant sex offender who was wrongly freed from jail

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9 d. ago Prisoner manhunt LIVE: Search continues for migrant sex offender and fraudster wrongly released from jail

Justice Secretary under fire for staying silent during PMQs on the release of two HMP Wandsworth prisoners despite reportedly knowing about it

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2 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 Kebatu manhunt latest: Video shows migrant sex offender in library

Kebatu manhunt latest: Video shows migrant sex offender in library - as search enters third day  Sky News

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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 Met police take over search for Epping sex offender after London sighting – as it happened

Met police take over search for Epping sex offender after London sighting – as it happened  The Guardian

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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 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 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 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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3 w. 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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