40 h. ago Man accused of sexually assaulting young girl and taking 'upskirting' photo

IT expert Kerry Price denies a total of 15 offences

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5 d. ago Targeted by the right, Britain’s asylum hotels are places of fear and disorder. Bad political decisions made it so | Daniel Trilling

In the frenzy of racism and culture warring, the issue of why hotels are used gets overlookedA broad section of Britain’s right has spent the summer behaving as if it would like a repeat of last year’s racist riots. As politicians and commentators cry “tinderbox Britain” – are they warning us, or willing it on? – far-right extremists have been actively trying to stoke violence. This year, they have pinned their hopes on asylum hotels, an issue where public fears over crime, immigration and the welfare state conveniently converge.In some places, far-right activists have piggybacked on protests prompted by local grievances. The most significant this year was in Epping, Essex, after an alleged sexual assault by an asylum seeker led to demonstrations that turned violent when they were joined by members of various far-right groups. A similar pattern has unfolded in London’s Canary Wharf, after untrue rumours that some of the Epping hotel residents were being moved there. In other cases, ...

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6 d. ago ‘Disgusting’ drunk who sexually assaulted teenage girl, 17, and woman on a bus is jailed

Graeme Hicks also sentenced for cocaine dealing and possessing an air pistol

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3 w. ago Six arrested after bottles and flares thrown during another protest outside Essex hotel

More than 100 protesters gathered outside the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, on Sunday evening

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3 w. ago Bottles and flares thrown during another protest outside Essex hotel

More than 100 protesters gathered outside the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, on Sunday evening

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3 w. ago Essex migrant hotel charge: Man, 33, charged with violent disorder and criminal damage following clashes outside the Bell Hotel

Eight police officers were injured during what started as a peaceful protest at the Bell Hotel in Epping on Thursday evening.

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3 w. ago Man arrested after teen girl 'sexually assaulted' in Glasgow

"A 35-year-old man has been arrested in connection and released pending further enquiries."

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3 w. ago Channel migrant who sexually assaulted teenage girl with special needs in broad daylight is jailed for 14 months

Aron Hadsh, 27, who was living at a taxpayer-funded Holiday Inn near Heathrow, attacked the 19-year-old in June last year after she had been sent by her mother to pick up fruit from a food bank.

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3 w. ago Protesters and police clash outside Essex hotel ‘housing asylum seekers’

The demonstration took place outside the Essex Hotel after a 38-year-old man was accused of sexual assault

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3 w. ago 'Save Our Kids' protest turns violent: Thugs clash with police as residents with homemade banners gather at asylum hotel after migrant appears in court over schoolgirl sex assault

Shortly before 8pm masked protesters attacked three police vans, climbing on to the vehicles' roofs and throwing fireworks and bottles at officers protecting counter-demonstrators.

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3 w. ago Angry residents with 'Save Our Kids' banners mass outside Essex asylum hotel after Ethiopian migrant appears in court accused of sexually assaulting 14

Well-dressed mothers and retired businessmen and women joined dozens of bald tattooed middle-aged men to call for the closure of the Bell Hotel as refugee accommodation.

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3 w. ago Small boat migrant whose arrest sparked Essex hotel protests asked schoolgirl, 14, if she 'wanted to make Jamaican babies' before sex attack, court hears

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, is alleged to have put his hand on the schoolgirl's leg, asked her for a kiss and suggested they make 'Jamaican babies' in Epping over two days last week.

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4 w. ago Security guards at asylum seeker hotel in Essex were ambushed at a bus stop during violent anti

The stewards, both male, were assaulted by a group of men at a bus stop on Epping's High Road, close to the town's Bell Hotel - the target of a large anti-immigration protest.

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4 w. ago Small Canadian town reels after teen boy allegedly assaults eight

Police initially thought the girl was attacked by an animal due her injuries, but later arrested a 17-year-old boyA small rural community in Canada is reeling after police said the horrific attack of an eight-year-old girl was not caused by an animal, as they had suspected, but allegedly by a teenage boy who they have now charged with attempted murder.The residents of Quadeville, a town of a few hundred people in southern Ontario, are questioning local law enforcement’s handling of the case after officials initially told them to keep their children indoors to protect them against a possible offending animal. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago How an asylum seeker hotel at the centre of violent protests 'over migrant sex attacks' has long plagued its market town

Five years ago, a shabby run down hotel on the edge of the Essex market town of Epping became the subject of unwarranted attention.

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4 w. ago Pictured: Ethiopian asylum seeker charged with three sexual assaults in two days

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, appeared at Colchester Magistrates' Court last week where he was formally accused of inappropriate sexual behaviour towards the females in Epping, Essex.

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4 w. ago Ethiopian asylum seeker is charged with three sexual assaults in two days

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, appeared at Colchester Magistrates' Court last week where he was formally accused of inappropriate sexual behaviour towards the females in Epping, Essex.

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4 w. ago Migrant hotel in Essex is graffitied with slogans telling asylum seekers to 'go home' after violent protests broke out when Ethiopian resident was charged with sexually assaulting girl

Uniformed police officers were seen at the Bell Hotel in Epping this morning in discussion with private security guards outside the front of the shabby hostel located on the edge of the historic forest.

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4 w. ago Protest outside migrant hotel in Essex erupts into violence as fights break out 'after asylum seeker was accused of committing three sexual assaults'

The Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, descended into bloody mayhem as activists brawled on the streets - while police battled to contain the chaos.

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4 w. ago Man arrested after 'serious sexual assault' of girl in Johnstone

The 38-year-old is due to appear in court at a later date.

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