Bernadin Dedic, 48, was mistakenly freed from HMP Wormwood Scrubs, London , in February after a court official wrongly told the prison he had been granted bail.

The defendant put forward a litany of excuses for not coming back to face justice

Bernadin Dedic, 48, who cut off his victim’s clothes before subjecting her to a series of rapes is on the run after being accidentally set free from prison