A second foreign prisoner has been mistakenly released from prison at HMP Wandsworth in south London.
The error is said to have occurred on the October 29, just five days after Hadush Kebatu was wrongfully freed from HMP Chelmsford, sparking a two-day manhunt.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman told GB News: “Shortly after 13:00hrs on Tuesday, 4 November, the Met was informed by the Prison Service that a prisoner had been released in error from HMP Wandsworth on Wednesday, 29 October.
“The prisoner is a 24-year-old Algerian man.
“Officers are carrying out urgent enquiries in an effort to locate him and return him to custody.”
The Algerian prisoner was believed to be serving time for trespassing with an intent to steal. He is believed to have previously committed sexual offences.
It unclear why it was around a week between the prisoner’s disappearance and the police being informed that an offender was at large.
More to follow.
