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FOUND: 3 - What They Never Told You

Hadush Kebatu makes bombshell claim: 'I tried to hand myself in to police before arrest'

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

Evening Standard

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.

The Independent UK

Palestine Action activist 'led anti-Israel protest from London prison cell in security farce'

Muhammad Umer Khalid, who is accused of targeting RAF Brize Norton, allegedly spoke on the telephone to pro-Palestine demonstrators from inside HMP Wormwood Scrubs

Evening Standard

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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 error

The Guardian - UK

Deported migrant sex offender given £500 to leave UK

Hadush Kebatu, who was wrongly freed from prison instead of being sent to an immigration detention centre, was given the money after threatening to disrupt his deportation to Ethiopia

The Independent UK

Migrant sex offender received £500 after threatening to disrupt deportation

Hadush Kebatu had been wrongly freed from HMP Chelmsford on Friday morning.

The Independent UK

Epping sex offender Hadush Kebatu deported to Ethiopia, Home Office confirms

Kebatu, who was wrongly freed from Essex prison, was put on a flight to Ethiopia and arrived on Wednesday

The Guardian - UK

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Home Office deports migrant sex offender to Ethiopia after prison release error

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Inmate at scandal-hit HMP Chelmsford took own life after staff failed to spot he was a suicide risk

An inmate at scandal-hit HMP Chelmsford died despite being a known suicide risk

Evening Standard

Epping sex offender Hadush Kebatu was given £500 to 'stop him disrupting flight to avoid deportation'

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

Evening Standard

Migrant sex offender deported after being mistakenly released from prison

Hadush Kebatu was wrongly freed instead of being sent to an immigration detention centre

The Independent UK

Five more prisoners freed in error after sex offender’s release from Essex jail

Union says staff shortages and confusion over early release schemes are driving a rise in mistakes

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on state failure: Britain’s crisis is not just one of investment, but also of upkeep

Editorial: Fixing prisons, hospitals and local councils means rejecting austerity’s logic and recognising that state spending builds competence, not waste

The Guardian - UK

Mistaken release of migrant sex offender was hardly surprising – prison officers are dangerously overstretched

The mistaken release of a sex offender who was set to be deported exposes the staffing pressures at the heart of Britain’s prisons crisis. A senior prison employee told the BBC that Hadush Kebatu’s accidental release was “down to a series of mistakes probably because staff are overworked and in…

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Labour hits record low as Greens rise gaining support in London, new poll shows

The YouGov survey showed Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in first place on 27 per cent

The Independent UK

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

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: What the mistaken release of Hadush Kebatu reveals about a Prison Service in crisis

In today’s newsletter: Rising numbers of prisoners released by accident are laying bare systemic failings in England and Wales, from overworked staff to issues with probation

Evening Standard

OPINION - Our prisons are in a mess, and a sex offender's accidental release is just the tip of the iceberg

Our prisons are failing and have been for some time. This latest episode should be a wake-up call

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The Independent UK

Independent inquiry to be launched into how sex offender was mistakenly set free, says Lammy

Justice secretary David Lammy pledges release checks on foreign inmates will be tightened

The Independent UK

Independent inquiry will ‘help prevent further releases in error’ – Lammy

Former Met Police deputy commissioner Dame Lynne Owens will chair the probe and speak to victims about how Hadush Kebatu’s release impacted on them.

The Independent UK

Prisons crisis means serious criminals will be mistakenly released again, experts warn

Errors such as accidental release of Hadush Kebatu, who was imprisoned for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, are symptomatic of ‘chaos’ in criminal justice system

The Independent UK

Prison custody manager ‘scapegoated’ over bungled release of Hadush Kebatu, union claims

Mistakes happen all the time amid jails chaos, warns chief inspector of prisons

Evening Standard

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.

The Guardian - UK

Ministers warned not to scapegoat prison staff over mistaken release of Hadush Kebatu

Justice secretary blames human error but other say there are systemic problems and targeting an individual is ‘unjust’

The Guardian - UK

What does mistaken release of Hadush Kebatu say about state of prisons in England and Wales?

The Ethiopian asylum seeker, jailed for sexual assault and due to be deported, was wrongly freed instead

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