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Dad of girl, 14, attacked by Hadush Kebatu hits out at ‘irresponsible’ justice system

The migrant, who resided at the Bell Hotel in Epping during the assault, travelled from Chelmsford to London

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2025

Timeline of events in case of asylum seeker who was released accidentally

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was accidentally released from HMP Chelmsford on Friday.

Evening Standard · Oct 26, 2025

Epping sex offender back in custody after release from prison in error

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, whose case led to summer protests in Essex, detained again and faces deportation

The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2025

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Fete, Chelmsford, Essex: ‘It absolutely dares to be different’ – restaurant review

There’s something so endearingly adventurous and devil-may-care about this menu that makes me love the place

The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2025

Search for asylum seeker mistakenly released from prison enters third day

The Metropolitan Police has revealed the last sighting of Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was in Hackney, London, on Friday.

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2025

Manhunt continues to find migrant sex offender freed from prison by mistake

Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was freed from HMP Chelmsford on Friday instead of being transferred to an immigration detention centre

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2025

Asylum seeker tried to return to prison ‘several times’ after release in error

Police said Ethiopian national Hadush Kebatu is carrying a ‘distinctive white bag with pictures of avocados on it’.

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2025

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Prison mistakenly released migrant sex offender despite him ‘returning four or five times to reception’

Hadush Kebatu kept asking prison staff ‘what to do’ after he was released from HMP Chelmsford by error, according to a delivery driver who saw him at the time of his release

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2025

Dangerous Blunder: Deportation-Bound Sex Offender Mistakenly Freed and At Large in London

A convicted sex offender due for deportation has been mistakenly released from HMP Chelmsford, triggering a major manhunt across London. The blunder has intensified scrutiny of Britain's overstretched prison and immigration systems amid rising political backlash.

International Business Times UK · Oct 25, 2025

Asylum seeker released in error spotted in London area, police say

An asylum seeker, Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, who was jailed for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, was accidentally released from HMP Chelmsford instead of being transferred to an immigration detention centre. Kebatu, an Ethiopian national, was last seen in the London area after boarding a train from Chelmsford, prompting an…

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2025

Timeline of events that led up to asylum seeker being released accidentally

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was accidentally released from HMP Chelmsford on Friday.

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2025

Timeline of accidental prison release and arrest of Epping migrant sex offender

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was accidentally released from HMP Chelmsford on Friday

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2025

Asylum seeker released from prison in error seen in London area, police say

Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was accidentally set from HMP Chelmsford on Friday.

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2025

Hadush Kebatu manhunt live: Met Police issue update after mistakenly released sex offender ‘takes trains across London’

Metropolitan Police make direct appeal to Hadush Kebatu to hand himself in

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2025

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Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2025

Manhunt continues for asylum seeker released from prison by mistake

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu had been jailed for the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl in Essex.

The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2025

TV tonight: Rylan Clark goes witch-hunting in Elizabethan Essex

Prof Alice Roberts joins Rylan to investigate witch trials in Chelmsford. Plus: an exposé of the international dog-fighting trade. Here’s what to watch this evening

Evening Standard · Sep 6, 2025

Ronan Keating brings out Bryan Adams during Radio 2 in the Park set

Keating, who began his career in the boyband Boyzone in 1993, took the main stage at the Chelmsford music festival on Saturday afternoon.

Evening Standard · Aug 27, 2025

Beaulieu Park Station: Inside Essex's £218 million project set to improve the commute to London

Commuters don’t have to wait too long now for the opening of Chelmsford’s second railway station

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2025

Britain must hold Israel to account for settler violence in the West Bank

Letters: Guli Francis-Dehqani, Rachel Treweek, Graham Usher, Christopher Chessun, the bishops of Chelmsford, Gloucester, Norwich and Southwark, say the UK government has a legal and moral duty to act

The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2025

BBC Radio 2 in the Park 2025 festival to take place in Chelmsford

This year’s festival will be held in Hylands Park in Essex

Evening Standard · Jun 2, 2025

BBC Radio 2 In The Park festival to be held in Chelmsford

The line-up for the event at Hylands Park from September 5 to September 7 will be announced on Tuesday, with tickets going on sale on Wednesday.

The Guardian - UK · May 26, 2025

England’s new regime seal perfect start with women’s T20 clean sweep of West Indies

England completed the clean sweep with a 17-run victory against West Indies in the final match of their T20 international series at Chelmsford

Evening Standard · May 9, 2025

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch speaks with patients and staff on visit to hospice

Mrs Badenoch was told Farleigh Hospice in Chelmsford needed additional funds of £250,000 after the increase in national insurance contributions.

Guitar World · Apr 23, 2025

“The rest of the world didn't know that the world's greatest guitarist was playing a weekend gig at this place in Chelmsford”: The Aristocrats' Bryan Beller recalls the moment he met Guthrie Govan and formed a new kind of supergroup

As per Aristocrats lore, the power trio formed right after an impromptu jam at NAMM 2011

The Guardian - UK · Apr 7, 2025

County cricket day four: Middlesex v Lancs, and Essex v Surrey end in draws – as it happened

Join Tanya Aldred for updates as the first round of the County Championship comes to a close

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