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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.

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…

Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu had been jailed for the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl.

Police said the 28-year-old acted in an ‘intimidating way, encouraging other people there to face off against our officers’.

The actress, who plays Lauren Branning on the hit soap, has been landed with a court bill of more than £1,400 after her error

PC Louie Day, 23 worked for Scotland Yard’s East Area Command and was described as a ‘popular’ colleague

Police received reports that a resident of the hotel was assaulted outside the property, Essex Police said.

The order grants police extra powers.

Multiple demonstrations have been held outside the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex since July 13.