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Another overseas captive is connected the tally aft being mistakenly released, Sky News has learnt.
The mistake astatine HMP Wandsworth successful southbound London happened connected 29 October - conscionable 5 days aft the high-profile release of migrant enactment offender Hadush Kebatu from HMP Chelmsford.
It was besides 2 days aft Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy announced enhanced checks connected captive releases.
The Metropolitan Police confirmed to Sky News: "Shortly aft 1pm connected Tuesday 4 November, the Met was informed by the Prison Service that a captive had been released successful mistake from HMP Wandsworth connected Wednesday 29 October.
"The captive is simply a 24-year-old Algerian man.
"Officers are carrying retired urgent enquiries successful an effort to find him and instrumentality him to custody."
Sky News understands the Algerian captive was serving clip for trespass with an intent to bargain but has antecedently committed intersexual offences.
It is not yet wide wherefore it was astir a week betwixt the latest merchandise astatine Wandsworth and the constabulary being informed that an offender was astatine large.
The numbers of these types of errors has risen recently, with 262 instances betwixt March 2024 and March 2025.
In the aftermath of the Kebatu manhunt, David Lammy, the lawman premier curate and justness secretary, promised "the strongest merchandise checks that person ever been successful place".
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He besides ordered an autarkic probe into the Kebatu release, which is being led by erstwhile Deputy Commissioner of the Met Police Dame Lynne Owens.
The Conservatives described the Kebatu occurrence arsenic a "national embarrassment".
The Ministry of Justice has been contacted for remark astir the latest incidental astatine HMP Wandsworth.
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