US EditionManhunt after jailed Epping hotel asylum seeker mistakenly released
- This month, a manhunt has been launched for asylum seeker Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu after he was mistakenly freed from HMP Chelmsford instead of being deported.
- Officials say human error and 'wrong paperwork' prevented Kebatu's transfer to an immigration removal centre for deportation on Friday.
- Found guilty of multiple sexual offences, Kebatu had served only four weeks of a 12-month sentence after offences earlier this year.
- Home Secretary David Lammy is said to be furious and has ordered an immediate investigation while backing Essex Police efforts; a Prison Service officer has been removed from duties.
- Weeks of protests at The Bell Hotel, Epping have intensified scrutiny as local protesters and campaigners demand a rapid public inquiry and return of Kebatu to custody.
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He's been warned in the British Sea. The police are looking for a prisoner who has been released from prison. A 38-year-old Ethiopian man has been seen in London for the last time, but there are information that he has traveled by train on several roads.
Convicted sex offender Hadush Kebatu has been released by mistake and is now being hunted by police. The mistake has sparked both outrage and concern.
An Ethiopian asylum seeker who was sentenced to prison in the British Sea for sexual assaults, as they announced in this summer a series of anti-immigrant demonstrations in Regat, was released from error, the authorities announce...
UK police search London for asylum-seeker mistakenly released
British police said Saturday they were scouring hours of closed-circuit TV recordings to find an asylum-seeker sentenced for sexual assault who was mistakenly released from prison. Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, was “last seen in the London area,” Essex Police said Saturday, adding that officers from three separate forces were working together in the investigation. Kebatu came to national attention after his case triggered a …
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Laminute.infoAccording to an official report, 262 detainees were mistakenly released in England and Wales between March 2024 and March 2025.
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