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The accidental release of a migrant sex offender from prison is a sign that the UK justice system is “broken”, a minister has said.
Steve Reed called for the criminal justice system to be “rebuilt from the bottom up” after the mistaken release of Hadush Kebatu, who was imprisoned for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl.
The Ethiopian national was jailed for 12 months in September for the offence, and w
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