30 h. ago 'We know it's you, you have a wonky nose!' Police recapture migrant sex offender freed in jail blunder after FIFTY officers deployed 'to save David Lammy's blushes'

Scotland Yard pulled officers off other jobs fighting crime in London, deploying 'significant resources' to find Brahim Kaddour-Cherif.

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40 h. ago ‘You have a distinctive wonky nose’, police tell prisoner during arrest

Brahim Kaddour-Cherif was arrested in Blackstock Road, Finsbury Park, north London, earlier on Friday.

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63 h. 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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64 h. 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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66 h. ago Moment fugitive fraudster hands himself in three days after he was freed from HMP Wandsworth by mistake as hunt continues for Algerian migrant sex offender

Fraudster William 'Billy' Smith, 35, was wrongly set free from the south London jail earlier this week but reportedly handed himself in after a three-day manhunt.

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67 h. ago Fugitive convicted fraudster is FOUND three days after he was freed from HMP Wandsworth by mistake as hunt continues for Algerian migrant sex offender

Fraudster William 'Billy' Smith, 35, was wrongly set free from the south London jail earlier this week but reportedly handed himself in after a three-day manhunt.

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68 h. 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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69 h. ago 40 more prisoners set to be wrongly freed from jail 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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2 d. ago Two more prisoners on run after being released from HMP Wandsworth by mistake in fresh crisis for Labour

Police searching for Algerian sex offender freed from Wandsworth jail by mistake along with convicted fraudster – days after justice secretary claimed he’d introduced strictest-ever prison checks following Epping migrant blunder

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2 d. ago 'Oops I freed them again!' David Lammy is mocked in new AI video as police hunt Algerian migrant sex offender and British fraudster released by mistake

A manhunt is underway for Algerian national Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, who was freed from HMP Wandsworth, alongside British fraudster Billy Smith, 35.

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3 d. ago Video: Manhunt for Algerian sex offender freed from Wandsworth jail by mistake

Police have released previous arrest footage of escaped prisoner Brahim Kaddour-Cherif as the manhunt for him continues.

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3 d. ago Two more prisoners on run after being released from jail by mistake in fresh crisis for Labour

Police searching for Algerian sex offender freed from Wandsworth jail by mistake along with convicted fraudster – days after justice secretary claimed he’d introduced strictest-ever prison checks following Epping migrant blunder

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3 d. ago Second prisoner released by mistake as another manhunt launched

Two prisoners including a convicted sex offender were accidentally freed from the same jail in less than a week, sparking a major manhunt for two different police forces

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7 d. ago Ministers were warned of errors at jail that released sex offender by mistake

Chaotic release procedures at HMP Chelmsford were flagged to the prisons minister last yearMinisters were warned by a watchdog that prisoners were “falling through the cracks” of chaotic release procedures at the jail that mistakenly freed a convicted child sex offender.An annual report on HMP Chelmsford uncovered “a litany of issues and errors” including “a mix-up of release dates” when letting out a vulnerable prisoner. Continue reading...

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1 week ago David Lammy to face Commons questions after arrest of Epping migrant sex offender mistakenly freed from jail

The Justice Secretary has said Hadush Kebatu will be deported this week after his arrest on Sunday morning in Finsbury Park

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1 week ago David Lammy faces Commons grilling after sex offender mistakenly freed from jail

Hadush Kebatu was jailed for 12 months in September for the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl and was wrongly freed from HMP Chelmsford on Friday morning instead of being sent to an immigration detention centre

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1 week ago Lammy to face questions after arrest of sex offender mistakenly freed from jail

Hadush Kebatu was found and arrested by police officers on Sunday morning in Finsbury Park.

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1 week ago Prison which accidentally freed sex offender was duped by fake 'get out of jail free' letter

HMP Chelmsford, which recently accidentally released a sex offender, also saw a fraudster manage to dodge jail time in 2023, before one mistake managed to expose his lies

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