54 h. ago Manhunt continues for wrongly released prisoner as pressure mounts on Lammy

Police are still looking for Brahim Kaddour-Cherif who was mistakenly set free from HMP Wandsworth.

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67 h. ago Mistakenly released prisoner hands himself in as Lammy faces fresh pressure over handling of fiasco

William ‘Billy’ Smith, 35, returned to Wandsworth prison after being mistakenly released on Monday

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2 d. 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 d. ago Robert Jenrick accuses David Lammy of 'Bulls****' on live TV amid row over mistaken prisoner releases

The comment came as pressure piles on the Justice Secretary after prisoners were mistakenly released from HMP Wandsworth

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3 d. ago Fiery moment Jenrick labels David Lammy a 'bullsh***er' on live TV after he stonewalled MPs over prisoner release bungles... amid fears 22 offenders a MONTH are being wrongly let out

Justice Secretary David Lammy is struggling to contain a mounting backlash after stonewalling repeated questions about bungles in the Commons yesterday.

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3 d. ago Wandsworth prison manhunt latest: David Lammy under pressure as search continues for mistakenly released prisoners

Manhunt continues after news emerges of two more mistakenly released prisoners

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3 d. ago Prisoner manhunt LIVE: Search continues for migrant sex offender and fraudster wrongly released from jail

Justice Secretary under fire for staying silent during PMQs on the release of two HMP Wandsworth prisoners despite reportedly knowing about it

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3 d. ago David Lammy under pressure as two more prisoners mistakenly freed

Algerian sex offender and a fraudster released by Wandsworth jail, days after new checks brought in David Lammy, the UK justice secretary, is under mounting pressure after two more prisoners, including a convicted foreign sex offender, were mistakenly freed, days after he introduced stringent checks for jails.Lammy had refused multiple times to say whether any more prisoners had been released in error in a bruising session of prime minister’s questions, having been ambushed with a string of pre-planned questions on the issue. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Fury over SNP’s early release prison scheme with cons ‘back in cells within 24 hours’

A CHARITY boss helping cons given early release warns they’ll be back “within 24 hours”. Another 800 prisoners are about to be set free. But Natalie Logan, chief executive of prison rehabilitation group Sisco, said the plan to ease pressure on Scottish jails failed to give prisoners enough support once released. And it is increasing...

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