Brahim Kaddour-Cherif was accidentally released on 29 October but only reported missing on 4 November
A convicted sex offender who was released from prison by mistake a week ago is back in custody.
Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, from Algeria, was accidentally freed on 29 October from Wandsworth prison, in south London. He was arrested in Islington on Friday, the Metropolitan police said.
A manhunt for Kaddour-Cherif, who also has convictions for theft, was launched by the Met. The force expressed frustration that he had had a “six-day head start” because the mistake was only reported to the Met a week later, on 4 November.
Kaddour-Cherif was identified as an overstayer five years ago, but had not been removed from the UK. When he was mistakenly freed from prison, he had been serving a sentence for trespass with intent to steal.
