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Two prisoners still at large after being freed by mistake in 2024: BBC
Four prisoners, including sex offenders, were mistakenly freed due to prison system errors; two remain at large, prompting calls for urgent reforms and full public disclosure.
- On Friday, Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, was captured in Islington after being spotted by a member of the public; he had been mistakenly released from HMP Wandsworth on 29 October.
- Reports show two of the four prisoners at large were mistakenly released in 2024, while the other two were wrongly freed in June this year under both the previous Conservative and current Labour governments.
- Two men released in error from Wandsworth prison are back in custody after police manhunts this week, and fraudster Billy Smith, 35, handed himself in on Thursday.
- Facing political pressure, Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy announced new tough release checks, an independent investigation, and overhauls of archaic paper-based systems after criticism for not addressing the blunder at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday.
- A spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats said `every resource` must go into finding the prisoners, and Jess Brown-Fuller said, `This is a disgrace and an omnishambles.
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Three prisoners have been released from prison in England after a mistake. Two of them were convicted of sexual offences.
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Two of four prisoners still at large were freed by mistake last year
Another two, who are understood to have been freed in error in June this year, also remain missing.
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BREAKING: Two prisoners still on the run after being freed by mistake last year
A total of four prisoners are missing after being mistakenly freed this year and last, it has been reported Two prisoners are still on the run after being mistakenly freed last year, it has been reported. Another two prisoners, released in error in June, are also still missing. The identities of all four, along with the reasons for their imprisonment and the circumstances of their mistaken release, have not yet been made public. It comes as mini…
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