Asylum seeker at centre of Essex hotel protests jailed for 12 months

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, was convicted last month of assaulting a 14-year-old girl and a woman

An asylum seeker staying at a hotel in Essex that became the focus of protests has been jailed for 12 months for the assault of a 14-year-old girl and a woman.

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, from Ethiopia, who had been living in the Bell hotel in Epping, was found guilty last month of two counts of sexual assault and one of attempted sexual assault, committed days after arriving in the UK on a small boat.