Protest in Epping over mistaken release of convicted asylum seeker

Police sit inside a vehicle outside The Bell Hotel, as demonstrators protest nearby, following the mistaken release of Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, an Ethiopian asylum seeker convicted of sexually assaulting a teenage girl and a woman, who was re-arrested in north London this morning, in Epping, Essex, Britain, October 26, 2025. REUTERS/Jack Taylor