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

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

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

Justice secretary David Lammy to announce series of measures after Hadush Kebatu was wrongly freed

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

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