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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 · Oct 29, 2025

MPs and peers to grill Attorney General over collapsed spying case

His appearance comes in a round of hearings by the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy as it investigates the collapse of the case.

Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2025

In UK’s interest to ‘protect’ collapsed China spying case documents – minister

The case was withdrawn last month after the Crown Prosecution Service said it did not have the evidence to secure a conviction.

Evening Standard · Oct 28, 2025

Wagner Group stooges jailed for warehouse arson in planned ‘sabotage campaign’

The warehouse was targeted because it was being used to supply humanitarian aid and StarLink satellite equipment to Ukraine.

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2025

China ‘enemy’ reference was removed from spy case evidence ‘to fit Tory policy’

National security adviser Jonathan Powell said Counter Terror Police and the Crown Prosecution Service were aware of the change.

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2025

Footage shows moment Just Stop Oil protesters spray orange paint on Stonehenge, court hears

Footage of two Just Stop Oil protesters who spray painted Stonehenge with orange paint has been released by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) on Tuesday (21 October).

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2025

Man who plotted to kidnap and kill Holly Willoughby loses appeal against his sentence

Gavin Plumb, 38, was jailed for life with a minimum of 16 years for planning to kill the former This Morning presenter

Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2025

Met police to end non-crime hate investigations after Graham Linehan case

Father Ted co-creator to sue force for wrongful arrest after CPS drops proceedings over social media posts about trans issues

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2025

Tories told to ‘stop throwing mud’ over collapse of China spy case

Home Office minister Dan Jarvis said the Prime Minister and other ministers were powerless to stop the Crown Prosecution Service shelving the case.

Evening Standard · Oct 20, 2025

‘Vile’ online groomer is first in UK to be jailed for encouraging a child to self-harm

Karl Davies sentenced to 20 years after sexually abusing 14-year-old girl he had contacted on Discord app

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2025