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Family of schoolgirl assaulted by migrant sex offender ‘infuriated’ by accidental prison release

Questions remain for the government over the error that led to Hadush Kebatu walking free on the streets

The Independent UK

England and Wales prison checks to be enhanced after inmate released in error

Justice secretary David Lammy to announce series of measures after Hadush Kebatu was wrongly freed

The Guardian - UK

'Human error' by a prison officer led to Epping sex offender Hadush Kebatu being wrongly freed, says Lammy

The Ethiopian asylum seeker was recaptured on Sunday after being mistakenly released from HMP Chelmsford on Friday

Evening Standard

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Prisons to begin extra checks after asylum seeker debacle

Hadush Kebatu was wrongly allowed to walk free after sexually assaulting a teen

The Independent UK

Prisons to start ‘strengthened’ checks after migrant released in error

David Lammy will set out a series of measures aimed at strengthening the system as he faces questions about the blunder from MPs.

Evening Standard

Lammy to face questions after arrest of sex offender mistakenly freed from jail

Hadush Kebatu was found and arrested by police officers on Sunday morning in Finsbury Park.

The Independent UK

David Lammy to face Commons questions after arrest of Epping migrant sex offender mistakenly freed from jail

The Justice Secretary has said Hadush Kebatu will be deported this week after his arrest on Sunday morning in Finsbury Park

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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

Hadush Kebatu’s victim, 14, ’caused so much stress and anxiety’ over his release

Kebatu was jailed for a year in September for sexually assaulting the teenager.

Evening Standard

Mistakenly freeing prisoners ‘more common because of changes to release’

The chief inspector of prisons’ comments come after it emerged that sex offender Hadush Kebatu was mistakenly freed from HMP Chelmsford on Friday.

The Independent UK

Epping migrant sex offender to be ‘deported’ this week as victim’s father says mistaken release caused ‘so much stress and anxiety’

Kebatu was arrested on Seven Sisters Road at around 8.30am on Sunday

Evening Standard

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

Migrant sex offender released from prison in error arrested after manhunt

PM says Hadush Kebatu – whose crimes sparked protests at hotels housing asylum seekers – will be deported

The Independent UK

Migrant sex offender mistakenly released from prison arrested

Ethiopian national Hadush Kebatu was arrested in the Finsbury Park area of London on Sunday morning.

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

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 Independent UK

New CCTV shows missing sex offender Hadush Kebatu inside library as manhunt continues

New CCTV shows missing sex offender Hadush Kebatu inside a library as the manhunt for him continues.

Evening Standard

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.

The Independent UK

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

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The Independent UK

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

What we know about Epping hotel migrant who was mistakenly freed from prison

Hadush Kebatu was meant to be sent to an immigration detention centre to be deported, but was mistakenly released

The Independent UK

Epping hotel migrant accidentally freed from prison is ‘at large in London’, warns Lammy

Epping hotel migrant Hadush Kebatu who was accidentally freed from prison is “at large in London”, deputy prime minister David Lammy has said.

Evening Standard

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 Independent UK

Manhunt after Epping hotel migrant who sexually assaulted girl accidentally released from prison

David Lammy ‘livid’ that Hadush Kebatu ‘is at large tonight’ as manhunt launched

Evening Standard

London manhunt underway after Epping asylum seeker jailed for girl’s assault mistakenly released

Police are hunting Hadush Kebatu, 41, whose sex attacks sparked nationwide protests outside migrant hotels after ‘mother of all f***-ups’ saw his release

The Guardian - UK

‘Go-to trope’: how the far right is exploiting violence against women and girls

From Tommy Robinson to Reform UK, nationalist figures are weaponising women’s safety to push anti-migrant fears

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