US EditionStarmer says Lammy 'setting out facts to best of his knowledge' on prisoner releases
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer supports Justice Secretary David Lammy amid criticism after two prisoners were mistakenly released from HMP Wandsworth before new safety checks were fully implemented.
- On Wednesday, the Met Police announced two prisoners were accidentally freed from HMP Wandsworth, including Brahim Kaddour-Cherif on 29 October, while Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer defended David Lammy as setting out facts 'to the best of his knowledge'.
- Conflicting accounts emerged about when new prison checks began, as David Lammy said on 27 October they would be immediate but on Thursday admitted they were absent when Kaddour-Cherif was released two days later.
- Among the wrongly freed was Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, an Algerian national serving at HMP Wandsworth for trespass with intent to steal and facing deportation after overstaying his visa.
- David Lammy faces scrutiny in the Commons for refusing to answer questions about Kaddour-Cherif's release and was criticised for not revealing during PMQs on Wednesday that he knew of it, while Robert Jenrick accused him of either lying or being unaware of his department's actions.
- The Ministry of Justice announced a rollout of "cutting-edge technology to more prisons" Thursday to reduce errors, building on checks introduced last month and calling in governors after Hadush Kebatu's mistaken release.
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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.
The British government is again shaken by an embarrassing scandal. On Wednesday, 5 November, Justice Minister David Lammy expressed his indignation at the release by mistake of a foreign detainee, only five days after a similar case had already provoked the anger of public opinion. A new mistake that revived the controversy According to the London police, a 24-year-old Algerian man, Brahim Kaddor-Cherif, was mistakenly released from Wandsworth p…
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Sir Keir Starmer has said David Lammy “set out the facts” on mistaken prisoner releases “to the best of his knowledge” amid questions over what the justice secretary knew and when. Speaking for the first time since it emerged two prisoners were wrongly freed from HMP Wandsworth, the prime minister also said the situation was “intolerable” and that he was “angry and frustrated”. The Met Police announced on Wednesday afternoon that registered sex …
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