6 h. 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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19 h. 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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37 h. 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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47 h. 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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48 h. 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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49 h. 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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53 h. 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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53 h. 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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1 week ago Shopkeeper jailed for 10 years for sexually assaulting and grooming a girl in his shop

‘I thought I could trust him’, said victim of shopkeeper jailed for sexual assault

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1 week ago Shopkeeper who groomed teenage girl with vodka and vapes before sexually assaulting her is jailed for 10 years

Daniel Hashmi was found guilty of six offences against the same child, including attempted rape, following a trial at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court.

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2 w. ago ScotRail incident: Teenage girl, 18, sexually assaulted by man on train from Glasgow to Ayr

The incident took place on a train travelling from Glasgow Central to Ayr.

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2 w. ago Teenager sexually assaulted by man sitting next to her on train to Ayrshire

The British Transport Police are appealing for witnesses after an 18-year-old girl was sexually assaulted on a train between Glasgow and Ayr.

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3 w. ago Teenage girl sexually assaulted in shower at public swimming pool

A teenage girl was sexually assaulted by a man who watched her shower in the changing rooms of a public swimming pool - Tomasz Figura, 46, was sentenced to 11 years behind bars

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4 w. ago The racial violence in Ballymena repeats a pattern that’s blighted Britain for years. We must wake up to that | Lanre Bakare

History tells us attacks on migrants are a predictable result of political failings, distorted media coverage and far-right opportunismIn early June, the violence began. Rumours of a foreigner assaulting a local woman resulted in groups roaming through a small British town, breaking windows of homes belonging to “outsiders”. A few days later, the police attempted to stop mobs from reaching another nearby multiracial area. Eventually they broke through, ransacking shops and burning down a house, while local media reported that the violence had developed into “something like a fever”.Sound familiar? This isn’t Ballymena, the County Antrim town in Northern Ireland that has seen several nights of unrest in which immigrant homes were attacked after reports of an alleged sexual assault on a local girl by two teenagers, who had a Romanian interpreter read them the charges. These incidents actually took place more than a century ago, during the summer of 1919, as racial violence spread thro...

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4 w. ago Edinburgh crime: Man who dragged schoolgirl, 13, into woods and raped her is jailed for eight years

A man has been jailed for the serious sexual assault of a teenage girl in Edinburgh.

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