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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

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

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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

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 Guardian - UK

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.

Evening Standard

Scottish prison population hits record high

Some 8,430 people were housed in Scotland’s jails on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

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Manhunt continues to find migrant sex offender freed from prison by mistake

Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was freed from HMP Chelmsford on Friday instead of being transferred to an immigration detention centre

Evening Standard

French woman pulled off a Hollywood-style prison break with a helicopter. She spent months taking flying lessons

Nadine took "for better or worse" to criminal extremes.

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The Prison Break Spinoff Already Sounds Like It'll Hook Me More Than The O.G. Series Ever Did

We're going back to the yard, and I'm pretty excited.

Cinemablend

Asylum seeker tried to return to prison ‘several times’ after release in error

Police said Ethiopian national Hadush Kebatu is carrying a ‘distinctive white bag with pictures of avocados on it’.

Evening Standard

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

The Independent UK

Dangerous Blunder: Deportation-Bound Sex Offender Mistakenly Freed and At Large in London

A convicted sex offender due for deportation has been mistakenly released from HMP Chelmsford, triggering a major manhunt across London. The blunder has intensified scrutiny of Britain's overstretched prison and immigration systems amid rising political backlash.

International Business Times UK

British police search London for asylum-seeker mistakenly released from prisond

British police are searching for an asylum-seeker mistakenly released from prison

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The Independent UK

Asylum seeker released in error spotted in London area, police say

An asylum seeker, Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, who was jailed for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, was accidentally released from HMP Chelmsford instead of being transferred to an immigration detention centre. Kebatu, an Ethiopian national, was last seen in the London area after boarding a train from Chelmsford, prompting an…

Evening Standard

Asylum seeker released from prison in error seen in London area, police say

Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was accidentally set from HMP Chelmsford on Friday.

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

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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.

International Business Times UK

Life Sentence for Dahbia Benkired: France Confronts Horror of 12-Year-Old Lola's Murder

Dahbia Benkired has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the rape, torture, and murder of 12-year-old Lola Daviet in Paris. The case shocked France and led to the country's harshest sentence ever handed to a woman.

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.

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A child predator got terminally ill in prison. Then he made a twisted dying wish

He reminded the world of his cruelty even at his deathbed.

The Independent UK

UK police hunt for an imprisoned asylum-seeker who was released in error

A police manhunt is underway for an asylum-seeker sentenced to 12 months in a British prison for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, after he was mistakenly released

The Guardian - UK

Sex offender who sparked summer riots seen boarding London-bound train after release error, police say

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was meant to be sent to an immigration detention centre for deportation after assaulting a 14-year-old girl and a woman

Evening Standard

Number of prisoners released in error more than doubled in a year, data shows

A report by His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service said 262 prisoners were released in error from April 2024 to March 2025.

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