35 h. ago Yet another prisoner released by mistake while awaiting trial as cops hunt him

William Wenham was serving a two-year sentence and waiting to face trial for aggravated burglary - but then he was released by mistake

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36 h. ago Police launch manhunt for ANOTHER prisoner released by mistake after he was allowed to leave jail while awaiting trial

William Wenham was serving a two-year sentence and waiting to face trial for an offence of aggravated burglary when he was released in error from HMP Rochester on Tuesday June 3 this year.

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4 d. ago David Lammy says 91 prisoners freed in error in England and Wales since April

Justice secretary tells MPs as many as four may still be at large and blames previous governments’ cuts for mistakesThe justice secretary has revealed that 91 prisoners have been released by mistake in England and Wales since April, of whom as many four remain at large.David Lammy gave details in a Commons statement of three mistakenly released prisoners the police are trying to trace. He said the Prison Service was also investigating a fourth inmate released in error last Monday who may still be at large. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Three prisoners released by mistake every week, new figures show – as Lammy admits three inmates still at large

Justice secretary David Lammy is set to face tough questioning from MPs on Tuesday

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4 d. ago Over 90 prisoners mistakenly released from prison within last seven months, MOJ confirm

This is a breaking news story and is being constantly updated by our reporters as the breaking news story develops

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4 d. ago Three prisoners released by mistake every week since April, new figures show

Justice secretary David Lammy is set to face tough questioning from MPs on Tuesday

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4 d. ago BREAKING: Exact number of prisoners released by mistake confirmed

Justice Secretary David Lammy will give a statement to MPs in the House of Commons after the Ministry of Justice confirmed that 91 criminals have been freed in error since April 1

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5 d. ago Lammy urged to end ‘scandal’ of people imprisoned for own protection

Exclusive: Removing courts’ power would help vulnerable adults and children and ‘free up jail spaces’, experts say, in wake of recent manhunts to find missing prisoners released by mistake

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5 d. ago Call for clarity on releases in error as prisoner mistakenly counted as at large

Robert Jenrick said he would ask David Lammy to make clear how many prisoners have been accidentally released and how many are still at large.

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5 d. ago Prisoner was mistakenly counted among those at large after early release

Over the weekend, it was reported that a total of four offenders had been released in error, with two released in June this year, and two in 2024.

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7 d. ago Two out of four prisoners still at large were freed by mistake last year

Two of the four prisoners who are still at large after being mistakenly released last year were freed in error in June this year, the Ministry of Justice has said

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8 d. 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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8 d. ago Prison staff 'identify issue causing mistaken releases' as sex offender arrested

HM Prison service insiders say an 'outdated' and 'unfit for purpose' system called NOMIS is fuelling the rise in accidental releases of prisoners across the UK after a string of high-profile blunders

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8 d. ago Inmate mistakenly released from London prison arrested after more than a week of freedom

Inmate mistakenly released from London prison arrested after more than a week of freedom  abcnews.go.com

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8 d. ago Algerian sex offender mistakenly released from Wandsworth prison arrested

Algerian sex offender mistakenly released from Wandsworth prison arrested  BBC

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8 d. ago Algerian sex offender released by mistake from Wandsworth prison arrested

Brahim Kaddour-Cherif was arrested in Islington after a huge police manhunt

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8 d. ago Prisoner Brahim Kaddour Cherif released by mistake is arrested after manhunt

Sex offender Brahim Kaddour Cherif was released from HMP Wandsworth prison in error

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8 d. ago Police arrest Algerian migrant sex offender who was released from prison by mistake

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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8 d. ago Sex offender prisoner Brahim Kaddour Cherif released by mistake arrested and pictured

HMP Wandsworth prisoner Brahim Kaddour Cherif, who was mistakenly released last Wednesday, has been been arrested after the Met Police launched a major manhunt to find him

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8 d. ago Released sex offender prisoner Brahim Kaddour Cherif arrested as he says 'I'm someone else'

HMP Wandsworth prisoner Brahim Kaddour Cherif, who was mistakenly released last Wednesday, has been been arrested after the Met Police launched a major manhunt to find him

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