The Court of Appeal has refused an application from Epping Forest District Council (EFDC) for permission to appeal to the Supreme Court against the former court's ruling allowing asylum seekers to continue to be housed at a hotel in the area.The Bell Hotel in Epping became the focal point of several demonstrations and counter-protests in recent weeks after a resident asylum seeker was charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl last month. He has denied the charges.The council was granted an

The Court of Appeal has refused an application from Epping Forest District Council (EFDC) for permission to appeal to the Supreme Court against the former court's ruling allowing asylum seekers to continue to be housed at a hotel in the area.The Bell Hotel in Epping became the focal point of several demonstrations and counter-protests in recent weeks after a resident asylum seeker was charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl last month. He has denied the charges.The council was granted an interim injunction to stop 138 asylum seekers being housed there before a successful Court of Appeal challenge from the Home Office and the hotel's owners, Somani Hotels, overturned the High Court ruling.