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Epping hotel migrant accused of sexual assault to learn fate as judge delivers verdicts

Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, is accused of attempting to kiss a 14-year-old girl in the Essex town

Evening Standard

Verdicts expected in asylum seeker hotel resident’s sexual assault trial

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu is accused of attempting to kiss a 14-year-old girl after she offered him pizza.

The Independent UK

Starmer warned he must shut migrant hotels or face losing Labour voters to Reform

Labour grandee Lord Falconer tells PM to take action over migrant crisis after government won Court of Appeal challenge over Epping hotel

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Home Office appeals against injunction that closed asylum hotel as it could spark further protests

Home Office claims ban on Essex asylum hotel could have a ‘serious impact’ on the UK’s ability to house migrants

The Independent UK

Home Office bid to appeal against Epping asylum seeker hotel ruling to be heard

The Home Office and Somani Hotels are seeking to challenge an injunction stopping asylum seekers from being housed at the Bell Hotel in Epping.

Evening Standard

Home Office appeal against Epping asylum hotel ruling to be heard

The Home Office and Somani Hotels are seeking to challenge an injunction stopping asylum seekers from being housed at the Bell Hotel in Epping

The Independent UK

Man whose arrest sparked asylum hotel protests tells court he did not touch girls

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu denies sexually assaulting two teenagers and a woman in Epping last month

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‘I’m not a wild animal’, asylum seeker tells sexual assault trial

Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu denies touching a teenager just days after arriving in the UK on a small boat.

Evening Standard

Video of asylum seeker’s tearful arrest is played at his sex assault trial

The defendant, who is seen sitting in the back of a parked police car with its blue lights flashing, is read his rights.

Evening Standard

Alleged victim young enough to be my child, asylum seeker told police

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu ‘teaches sports’ in his home country Ethiopia, a court heard.

Evening Standard

Alleged asylum seeker sex assault made woman ‘uncomfortable’, court hears

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu denies all five charges against him.

Evening Standard

Epping migrant hotel resident told girl, 14, she would be good wife, court hears

The court heard Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu told his alleged victim he wanted to ‘have babies then… go to Kenya’.

The Independent UK

Epping hotel migrant told girl, 14, she would make a 'good wife', court hears

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, is accused of attempting to kiss the teenager last month

Evening Standard

Epping asylum hotel resident told girls he wanted to have babies with them, court hears

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu accused of sexual assault and harassment against two 14-year-olds and another woman

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Evening Standard

Epping migrant hotel resident 'told girl, 14, he wanted her baby', court hears

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu allegedly attempted to kiss the 14-year-old after she offered him pizza

The Independent UK

Epping migrant hotel resident told girl, 14, he wanted her to have his baby, court told

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu allegedly attempted to kiss the teenage girl after she offered him pizza

Evening Standard

Epping migrant hotel resident accused of sexual assaults to face trial

The alleged incidents sparked weeks of protests and counter-protests in the Essex town

The Independent UK

Resident of Epping migrant hotel accused of sexual assaults to face trial

The alleged incidents sparked protests and counter-protests in the Essex town.

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Is the UK One Step Closer To Shutting Down Migrant Hotels? Brits Celebrate Closure of Essex Hotel

The High Court has ordered the closure of a migrant hotel in Essex, sparking celebration among locals and raising fresh questions about the future of asylum accommodation across the UK.

International Business Times UK

Asylum Evictions Ordered After Violent Protests at Essex Hotel — What Happens Next for Migrants and the Community?

The Bell Hotel became the centre of a storm last month after a resident asylum-seeker, Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, was charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl.

Evening Standard

Council faces wait for ruling on asylum seekers hotel injunction bid

Epping Forest District Council filed a bid for a temporary injunction stopping migrants from being housed at the Bell Hotel in Epping on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Council’s bid to block hotel housing asylum seekers to be heard on Friday

Epping Forest District Council is seeking an interim injunction stopping migrants from being housed at the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex.

The Independent UK

Nine charged after protests outside Epping asylum hotel, Essex Police say

The charges come after protests outside the Bell Inn hotel in Epping, Essex, which ‘escalated to the point of disorder’

Evening Standard

Police deny 'bussing' claims after escorting counter-protesters to Epping migrant hotel demo 'for safety reasons'

The force said the protests began peacefully but ‘escalated to the point of disorder and criminal damage’

Evening Standard

Five men charged after violent protests outside Essex hotel

There have been a series of protests outside the Bell Hotel in Epping.

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