David Lammy under growing pressure as new manhunt launched for foreign offender who strolled out of prison

At a glance

• Convicted kidnapper Ola Abimbola escaped from Ford Prison, triggering a manhunt and adding to the pressure on Justice Secretary David Lammy

• The escape follows a series of prison blunders, with 262 inmates wrongly released in the past year

• Lammy has been backed by Sir Keir Starmer and pledged to digitise prison systems and tighten security checks

Justice Secretary David Lammy was under further pressure today as a manhunt was launched for a foreign national who escaped an open prison.