44 h. ago 'Psychopathic' murderer who bludgeoned doctor to death has release blocked by Justice Secretary

Reginald Wilson, who has changed his surname to Zenshen, was set to be released from prison this week having served 34 years behind bars

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6 d. ago Psychopathic killer who bludgeoned doctor to death in 1990 is set to be moved to an open prison

Reginald Wilson (left), then just 26, carried out one of Britain's most notorious murders when he slaughtered respected consultant dermatologist David Birkett (right) in 1990.

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1 week ago After Sunday at the Bush Theatre review: this sensitive debut doesn’t entirely deliver on its promise

This prison-set cooking drama is a serious but skimpy look at male mental health

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2 w. ago David Lammy under new pressure after prisoner wrongly freed from jail commits NEW crime, as Tories warn 'public are being put at risk'

The unnamed 34-year-old offender was let out of jail by mistake on Monday last week and later arrested for stalking a woman.

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2 w. ago Three prisoners a week set free by mistake since April, new figures show

An average of three prisoners a week have been wrongly set free in the last seven months

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2 w. ago AI chatbot is Government's new recruit at HMP Wandsworth to stop inmates being wrongly freed

Prisons minister Lord Timpson said the southwest London jail had been given the ‘green light’ to use artificial intelligence

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2 w. ago Rioting at Ecuadorian prison leaves 31 inmates dead and dozens injured

Prisons officials in Ecuador say deadly rioting that broke out at a prison where inmates were set to be transferred to a new maximum-security facility has left at least 31 inmates killed and 30 others injured

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2 w. ago Deputy PM David Lammy told he should step aside if he fails to reveal key facts on prisoner release gaffes

The Deputy Prime Minister has been asked to provide a full picture of how many criminals have been wrongly freed, and how many are still on the run.

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3 w. ago Five inmates are being wrongly freed from Britain's prisons every week as ex

Vanessa Frake-Harris MBE told the Mail that Labour's early release scheme had made sentence calculations a 'minefield' and 'doubled the workload' for staff.

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3 w. ago James Bulger's dad warns: 'Jon Venables will kill another child'

Murderer Jon Venables could be released from jail before Christmas but James Bulger's dad has issued a plea to prison bosses to keep the 'predatory paedophile killer' locked up

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3 w. ago Wrongly freed Algerian migrant sex offender slams UK justice, tells cops 'do your job' and shouts 'it's not my fault I was released' in extraordinary tirade as he is re

Algerian sex offender Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, has been rearrested after being accidentally freed from HMP Wandsworth over a week ago.

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3 w. ago Wrongly freed sex migrant ‘in court EIGHT times for knife & burglary offences’ after coming to UK on holiday 6 years ago

A WRONGLY freed sex fiend migrant has been in court eight times for knife and burglary offences since arriving in the UK on holiday six years ago. Algerian-born Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24 - who was released from jail by mistake last week - arrived in the country illegally as a teenager on a six-month visa in...

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3 w. ago Lammy speaking to ‘best of his knowledge’ on prisoner release error – Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer said his deputy could ‘speak for himself’ on questions around whether a prisoner was wrongfully freed before new checks were imposed.

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3 w. ago Lammy admits 'mountain to climb' on prisons crisis as 40 more inmates may be wrongly freed before Christmas

Pressure is increasing on the Justice Secretary David Lammy over his handling of the blunders

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3 w. ago Who are the prisoners mistakenly released from Wandsworth Prison?

Police are continuing the search for a migrant sex offender who was wrongly freed from jail

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3 w. ago Wrongly freed man hands himself back in to London jail after manhunt

Wrongly freed man hands himself back in to London jail after manhunt - live  London Evening Standard

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3 w. ago Horror of girl, 2, boiled in car by dad from stolen beer and sex videos to mum's plea

Christopher Scholtes, 38, was set to be sentenced to 20 to 30 years in prison on November 21 after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the death of his daughter, Parker, but was found dead yesterday

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3 w. ago Prisoner manhunt LIVE: Wrongly freed man hands himself back in to London jail

Surrey Police said Billy Smith handed himself into to HMP Wandsworth following his accidental release

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3 w. ago David Lammy is trolled in hilarious parody video of Britney Spears classic after two prisoners wrongly freed from jail

DAVID Lammy has been trolled in a hilarious parody video of a Britney Spears classic after two prisoners were wrongly freed from jail. The AI-generated video mocks Lammy and blasts him as incompetent following the latest prison blunder on his watch. A parody of a Britney Spears classic titled "Oops I Freed Them Again" has...

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3 w. ago Jail scandal: 40 more prisoners set to be wrongly freed before Christmas unless checks improve, says minister

Pressure is increasing on the Justice Secretary David Lammy over his handling of the blunders

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