Steve Reed called for criminal justice system to be ‘rebuilt from bottom up’ after mistaken release of Hadush Kebatu, who was imprisoned for sexually assaulting 14-year-old girl

A manhunt is said to be underway after Hadush Kebatu was released by mistake - leaving the justice secretary ‘furious’

Kebatu kept asking prison staff ‘what to do’ after he was released from HMP Chelmsford by error, according to a delivery driver who saw him at the time of his release

Justice secretary David Lammy was ‘livid’ after Hadush Kebatu - whose crimes sparked major protests at hotels housing asylum seekers - was released in error

The migrant, who resided at the Bell Hotel in Epping during the assault, travelled from Chelmsford to London

Questions remain for the government over the error that led to Hadush Kebatu walking freely on the streets

Steve Reed called for criminal justice system to be ‘rebuilt from bottom up’ after mistaken release of Hadush Kebatu, who was imprisoned for sexually assaulting 14-year-old girl

Errors such as accidental release of Hadush Kebatu, who was imprisoned for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, are symptomatic of ‘chaos’ in criminal justice system

Justice secretary David Lammy pledges release checks on foreign inmates will be tightened

Hadush Kebatu was wrongly freed instead of being sent to an immigration detention centre

The Ethiopian national had been wrongly freed from HMP Chelmsford on Friday morning instead of being sent to an immigration detention centre, triggering a two-day manhunt