Police have launched a manhunt after another foreign criminal was released from prison by mistake.The Met Police said officers were carrying out “urgent enquiries” to locate the 24-year-old Algerian man, who was released in error from HMP Wandsworth last Wednesday.It comes just weeks after migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu, who arrived in the UK on a small boat, was also mistakenly released from HMP Chelmsford.It leaves Justice Secretary David Lammy under fire, after he promised to put in place extra checks to prevent similar cases in the future.During Prime Minister’s Questions, Lammy, who was standing in for Sir Keir Starmer as deputy PM, was repeatedly asked whether any other asylum-seeking offender had been accidentally let out of prison since Kebatu was released but refused to answer.Shortly after PMQs ended, the Met Police released a statement revealing a foreign prisoner had been released by mistake last Wednesday, with the force informed on Tuesday.The BBC has been told the Algerian man is not an asylum seeker and that Lammy was informed overnight about the accidental release.Prison sources said it would have been irresponsible for him to talk about the incident during PMQs because the detail surrounding the case is “incredibly complex”, with multiple agencies involved and new information emerging constantly over the past 24 hours.Shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge, who was deputising for Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, asked the same question several times during PMQs but Lammy repeatedl …
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[mwai_chat context=”Let’s have a discussion about this article:nnPolice have launched a manhunt after another foreign criminal was released from prison by mistake.The Met Police said officers were carrying out “urgent enquiries” to locate the 24-year-old Algerian man, who was released in error from HMP Wandsworth last Wednesday.It comes just weeks after migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu, who arrived in the UK on a small boat, was also mistakenly released from HMP Chelmsford.It leaves Justice Secretary David Lammy under fire, after he promised to put in place extra checks to prevent similar cases in the future.During Prime Minister’s Questions, Lammy, who was standing in for Sir Keir Starmer as deputy PM, was repeatedly asked whether any other asylum-seeking offender had been accidentally let out of prison since Kebatu was released but refused to answer.Shortly after PMQs ended, the Met Police released a statement revealing a foreign prisoner had been released by mistake last Wednesday, with the force informed on Tuesday.The BBC has been told the Algerian man is not an asylum seeker and that Lammy was informed overnight about the accidental release.Prison sources said it would have been irresponsible for him to talk about the incident during PMQs because the detail surrounding the case is “incredibly complex”, with multiple agencies involved and new information emerging constantly over the past 24 hours.Shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge, who was deputising for Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, asked the same question several times during PMQs but Lammy repeatedl …nnDiscussion:nn” ai_name=”RocketNews AI: ” start_sentence=”Can I tell you more about this article?” text_input_placeholder=”Type ‘Yes'”]
