At a glance
•Convicted sex offender Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, was mistakenly freed from HMP Wandsworth on 29 October while awaiting trial for burglary; the error was only discovered by the court when it tried to arrange a videolink for a hearing.
•Earlier this year, Kaddour-Cherif had also been released on immigration bail after serving a short prison sentence. Judge Dean observed in court that the sentence he received, an 18-month community order, would have put him in line to have a dedicated supervising probation officer.
•His case is one of several recent wrongful prisoner releases that have embarrassed the government, prompting a review of the release system and political criticism of Justice Secretary David Lammy, amid figures showing a 128% rise in mistaken releases over the past year.
