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Father of teenage girl sexually assaulted by asylum seeker reacts to his accidental release
Hadush Kebatu was mistakenly freed one month after a 12-month sentence for sexual assault, prompting Essex MPs to condemn government and prison service errors.
- On Friday morning Hadush Kebatu was accidentally released from HMP Chelmsford and later boarded a London-bound train at Chelmsford Railway Station at 12.41pm.
- The 38-year-old Ethiopian national arrived in the UK on a small boat days before the incidents, and his July behaviour sparked protests outside the Bell Hotel in Epping and countywide.
- Court records show he told two teenagers he wanted to have a baby with each, attempted to kiss them, and was found guilty of five offences after a three-day trial at Chelmsford and Colchester magistrates' courts.
- Essex MPs slammed the government and prison service, urging police support to find and deport the man after Priti Patel blamed Labour and Kier Starmer called the release `totally unacceptable`.
- Authorities say a search is ongoing for the released asylum seeker, Hadush Kebatu, as the case remains high-profile after countywide protests over hotels housing asylum seekers in Essex.
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MPs slam government after Epping asylum seeker accidentally released from prison
MPs have slammed the government after a prison has accidentally released an asylum seeker convicted of sexually assaulting a minor who was due to be…
·Essex, United Kingdom
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The case sparked high waves: An asylum seeker harassed a 14-year-old girl. Opponents of immigration took this as a reason for weeks-long protests. Now the authorities are making an embarrassing mistake.
Father of teenage girl sexually assaulted by asylum seeker reacts to his accidental release
A local MP tells Sky News: "It just destroys trust at a time when emotions are riding high. We've seen protests over the past few weeks and months, and there's a lot of fear out there."
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