The Ethiopian asylum seeker was recaptured on Sunday after being mistakenly released from HMP Chelmsford on Friday

The accidental release of an asylum seeker from prison was a "mind-blowing" blunder, an MP said. Hadush Kebatu was serving a 12-month sentence at HMP Chelmsford after being convicted of sexually assaulting a girl and a woman in Epping, Essex, in July.

Alex Norris said ministers "are not involved in the operational movements" such as those that happened overnight.

The opening of Epping Leisure Centre has been delayed to January after engineers found soft ground beneath the road on Bakers Lane.

Police have launched a manhunt after a former asylum seeker who sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl was mistakenly released from prison. Ethiopian national Hadush Kebatu, who arrived in the UK on a small boat, was jailed for 12 months over the attack in Epping, Essex, last month.

Hadush Kebatu was sentenced to an extended prison term but, due to an administrative error in the criminal justice system, was erroneously released early from HMP Chelmsford on October 22.

WRONGLY-freed migrant sex attacker Hadush Kebatu was captured this morning. The 41-year-old Ethiopian was held near a bus stop in Finsbury park, North London, at 8,35am. He was seized by two

Locals say they no longer feel safe in their community amid news that sex offender Hadush Kebatu was released from prison in error on Friday