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Arrest Made as Dozens Gather Outside Essex Hotel ‘Housing Asylum Seekers’

EPPING, ESSEX, UNITED KINGDOM, JUL 20 – Over 100 demonstrators protested asylum seeker housing after a sexual assault charge, leading to clashes with police and one arrest, officials confirmed.

  • On Sunday evening, demonstrators gathered outside the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, chanting `save our kids` and one person was arrested, police said.
  • The protest followed Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu's charging last week, accused of attempted sexual assault involving a 14-year-old girl.
  • During the protest, bottles and smoke flares were thrown at the hotel entrance, and signs read `deport foreign criminals`, `we go home when they go back`, and `defend our girls`.
  • Police arrested Keith Silk, 33, of Torrington Drive, Loughton, on Saturday, and he will appear at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
  • Amid unrest, Essex Police will enforce a Section 60AA order until Monday, the force said, and refusing to remove face coverings can lead to arrest and possible imprisonment.
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New tensions appeared on Sunday night during a meeting in front of a hotel used to find asylum seekers in Epping, north-eastern London. On order forces, projects were launched, reports AFP, taken by Agerpres.

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Your Harlow broke the news in on Sunday, July 20, 2025.
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