Who are the prisoners mistakenly released from Wandsworth Prison?

Two prisoners were mistakenly released from Wandsworth Prison, sparking an ongoing search for one and the voluntary return of the other. Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, an Algerian national serving a sentence for trespass with intent to steal and a registered sex offender, has been free for over a week. Billy Smith, who received a 45-month sentence for multiple fraud offenses, was also wrongly released but turned himself back in after three days. The release of Kaddour-Cherif occurred on October 29, with authorities not being notified until six days later. Smith's release on November 3 was due to a clerical error where his sentence was incorrectly recorded as suspended. This incident follows closely behind another mistaken release of an asylum seeker less than two weeks prior, raising significant concerns about the prison system's security and administrative processes. Justice minister Alex Davies-Jones attributed part of the probl... download the app to read more