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Epping hotel asylum seeker 'at large in London' after mistaken release from prison
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October 24, 2025
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2:19Now PlayingA manhunt has been launched for an accidentally released asylum seeker who was jailed for 12 months earlier this year after he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl and a woman in Epping.
Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu had been staying at The Bell Hotel in the Essex town, with the incident fuelling weeks of protests at the site.
Officers in Essex say the Ethiopian national boarded a train for London after the release error.
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