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David Hughes

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Manhunt continues for wrongly released prisoner as pressure mounts on lammy - What They Never Told You

The arrest of 24-year-old Algerian national Brahim Kaddour Cherif who has been released in error (Met Police) - (PA Media)

Prison governors were “hauled over the coals” by David Lammy as the manhunt continues for Algerian sex offender Brahim Kaddour-Cherif following his accidental release from custody.

Cabinet minister Steve Reed defended the Justice Secretary’s response to the fiasco as Mr Lammy faced condemnation from within government.

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