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The Guardian // World // Europe

Sex offender who sparked UK asylum hotel protests released by mistake

Friday 24th October 2025, 4:46PM

David Lammy said to be furious after Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, who was meant to go to an immigration detention centre to be deported, was accidentally freedA man who sparked nationwide protests after sexually assaulting a woman and a 14-year-old girl near the asylum hotel in Epping where he was a resident has been accidentally released from jail.The Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, was jailed for 12 months in September. He was meant to be sent to an immigration detention centre to be deported but was freed by mistake, it has emerged. Continue reading...

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