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UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 weeks ago

Almost 200 prisoners released in error' last year in UK's broken' jail system

Almost 200 prisoners were mistakenly released in England and Wales last year, causing significant strain on police resources.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
5 months ago

Two of four on-the-run prisoners mistakenly released in 2024'

Two of the four prisoners who are at large were mistakenly released in 2024, according to reports. The government is under increasing pressure as the details emerged, with the other two on-the-run inmates revealed to have been wrongly freed in June this year. The mistaken releases of the four offenders mark just some of a number of high-profile cases of prisoners being wrongly freed.
UK politics
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UK news
fromwww.standard.co.uk
5 months ago

How prisoner was wrongly released from Wandsworth prison revealed

A court administrative error wrongly recorded William Billy Smith's custodial sentence as suspended, causing his erroneous release from HMP Wandsworth and prompting a police search.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
5 months ago

Father of girl attacked by Epping sex offender says family were relentlessly' failed

An asylum seeker convicted of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old was wrongly released, later rearrested and deported; the victim's family says the government failed them.
US politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
6 months ago

Inquiry to be launched into how sex offender was mistakenly set free, says Lammy

Dame Lynne Owens will lead an independent inquiry into the wrongful release of Hadush Kebatu, with findings expected within weeks.
fromIrish Independent
6 months ago

On-the-run sex offender who sparked protests at English asylum centre arrested after manhunt

Ethiopian national Hadush Kebatu was jailed for 12 months in September for the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl and was wrongly freed from HMP Chelmsford on Friday morning instead of being sent to an immigration detention centre. The migrant, who had been living at the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, when he assaulted the girl, took a train from Chelmsford to Stratford, east London, the day he was released and was later spotted in Dalston
UK news
UK news
fromwww.standard.co.uk
6 months ago

Hadush Kebatu manhunt LIVE: Met Police lead London hunt for Epping hotel sex assault convict freed in error

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, a 38-year-old Ethiopian accidentally released from prison, is missing after being seen at Stratford, London; police urge anyone to call 999.
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