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Epping residents on migrant release: ‘It’s a disgrace. I’m afraid it will inflame tensions here’
Hadush Kebatu was at large for nearly 48 hours after a prison system failure before re-arrest; he was jailed for 12 months and faces deportation, officials said.
- On October 26 Kebatu was mistakenly released and was later arrested in Finsbury Park after nearly 48 hours at large, following sightings in Dalston Square and travel from Chelmsford.
- A system failure at HMP Chelmsford allowed the release of Hadush Kebatu, who was five weeks into a 12-month sentence and subject to a five-year sexual harm prevention order.
- The family learned of the release from a reporter before official notice, and the schoolgirl's father said he faced hostility when seeking answers at HMP Chelmsford and felt massively let down.
- An investigation has been ordered to establish what went wrong, Police said officers worked quickly to return Kebatu to custody and the Justice Secretary is set to face Parliamentary questions while Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said Kebatu will be deported.
- The victim's recovery was disrupted, with her family reporting renewed fear and anxiety as protests erupted outside The Bell Hotel, Epping and hotels housing asylum seekers.
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Epping sex offender re-arrested as inquiry launched
The Epping sex offender Hadush Kebatu is back in custody, after he was mistakenly released from prison. The former asylum seeker made several trips by train around London before police arrested him this morning. His case sparked riots over the summer and a heated political debate over immigration and race. Justice Secretary David Lammy said Kebatu would be deported ‘sometime later this week’ and ordered a full investigation into what went wrong.
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- 34% of the sources lean Left, 33% of the sources are Center, 33% of the sources lean Right
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