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David Hughes

Manhunt ends in Brahim Kaddour-Cherif’s arrest after accidental prison release

Brahim Kaddour Cherif arrested more than a week after the blunder which saw him released from HMP Wandsworth (Metropolitan Police/PA) - (PA Media)

Justice Secretary David Lammy admitted there was a “mountain to climb” to tackle the crisis in the prison system following the arrest of wrongly-released Brahim Kaddour-Cherif.

Algerian national Kaddour-Cherif, 24, was arrested more than a week after the blunder which saw him released from HMP Wandsworth in London.

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