1 hour ago Prisons minister defends £500 payoff to migrant sex offender with golf analogy

Lord Timpson tells Parliament ‘if someone wants to give you a putt, you take it’ as he faces questions over a ‘slush fund’.

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4 h. ago Migrant sex offender claims he tried to hand himself in to police before arrest

The Metropolitan Police has said it is ‘not aware of any evidence’ to support Kebatu’s claim.

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4 h. ago Epping sex offender given £500 after threatening to challenge deportation

Hadush Kebatu claims he tried to hand himself in to police, but was ignored, after being released from prison in errorUK politics live –latest updatesA convicted child sex offender mistakenly released from prison after arriving in the UK in a small boat was given £500 of public money as he was deported back to Ethiopia.Hadush Kebatu was flown back to his home country on Tuesday night with the discretionary payment after raising the possibility of challenging his removal shortly before he was due to be placed on a plane. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Wrongly released Epping sex attack migrant claims he tried to hand himself in to police

The illegal migrant was freed from HMP Chelmsford in error on Friday just four weeks after being sentenced for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl and a woman in Essex

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5 h. ago Wrongly released migrant sex offender claims he tried to hand himself in to police

A migrant sex offender who was mistakenly released from prison claims that he tried to hand himself in to police.

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11 h. ago Deported Epping migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu was given £500 to leave UK

Hadush Kebatu was deported on Tuesday evening after being arrested following a huge manhunt when he was wrongly freed from prison

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11 h. ago Deported migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu given £500 to leave the UK

Sex offender Hadush Kebatu was given a £500 payment after threatening to disrupt his removal to Ethiopia, it has emerged

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12 h. ago The prison crisis that led to mistaken release of migrant sex offender

The incident exposes the staffing pressures at the heart of Britain’s prison crisis

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17 h. 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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31 h. ago Epping migrant sex offender was released from jail deliberately by rogue member of staff to cause 'major political embarrassment', ex

Hadush Kebatu was set free from HMP Chelmsford in error on Friday four weeks after being sentenced for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Epping.

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33 h. ago Epping migrant sex offender was released from jail deliberately by rogue member of staff to cause 'major political embarrassment', ex prison governor and criminologist suggests

Hadush Kebatu was set free from HMP Chelmsford in error on Friday four weeks after being sentenced for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Epping.

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34 h. ago Five other prisoners released in error in last seven days, says union boss

The latest revelation follows incredulity after migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu was released from HMP Chelmsford by mistake

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36 h. ago Migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu is second person to be freed by mistake from HMP Chelmsford

The prison staff at HMP fell for a fake email posing from the Royal Courts of Justice

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54 h. ago David Lammy hits out at ‘brass neck’ of Robert Jenrick over mistakenly freed migrant sex offender comments

David Lammy has accused Robert Jenrick of having a “brass neck” over comments made about a mistakenly released migrant sex offender.

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57 h. ago Arrest of migrant sex offender in north London park caught on video

Arrest of migrant sex offender in north London park caught on video  The Independent

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57 h. ago Migrant sex offender mistakenly freed from prison to be deported ‘imminently’

Downing Street has insisted that Hadush Kebatu will be deported ‘imminently’ as Justice Secretary David Lammy is set to face MPs.

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60 h. ago Moment mistakenly freed migrant sex offender arrested by police in north London park

The moment a migrant sex offender accidentally released from prison was arrested in a north London park following a two-day manhunt was caught on camera by a passerby.

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60 h. ago Prisons to carry out extra checks after migrant sex offender released in error

According to a report from His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service, 262 prisoners across Wales and England were mistakenly released between April 2024 and March 2025, a significant increase from the 115 cases reported in the previous year

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61 h. ago Accidental release of migrant sex offender is sign of a ‘broken’ justice system, minister says

Steve Reed called for criminal justice system to be ‘rebuilt from bottom up’ after mistaken release of Hadush Kebatu, who was imprisoned for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl

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62 h. ago Accidental release of migrant sex offender is sign of ‘broken’ justice system, minister says

Steve Reed called for criminal justice system to be ‘rebuilt from bottom up’ after mistaken release of Hadush Kebatu, who was imprisoned for sexually assaulting 14-year-old girl

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