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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Harriette Boucher

Wandsworth prison manhunt latest: Prisoner found three days after accidental release but another on loose

A prisoner wrongly freed on Monday has handed himself back in, while police continue their search for a migrant sex offender who was also released in error.

Fraudster William ‘Billy’ Smith, 35, handed himself back in three days after he was released from HMP Wandsworth on Monday, the same day he was sentenced to 45 months for multiple fraud offences.

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