2 h. ago Kebatu manhunt LIVE: Epping sex offender arrested in north London after mistaken prison release

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 h. ago Kebatu manhunt LIVE: Met hunt sex offender wrongly freed as CCTV shows him in east London library

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

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5 h. ago Kebatu manhunt LIVE: Met hunt sex offender wrongly freed as CCTV shows him in east London

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

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18 h. 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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18 h. ago Met urges Epping migrant sex offender to hand himself into a police station

Met urges Epping migrant sex offender to hand himself into a police station  BBC

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20 h. 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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20 h. 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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21 h. 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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21 h. 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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22 h. 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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22 h. 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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23 h. 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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24 h. 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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39 h. 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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39 h. 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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39 h. 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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41 h. 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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42 h. 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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42 h. 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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42 h. 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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