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An Algerian inmate was released from prison by mistake on October 29 - just five days after migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu was wrongly discharged from from HMP Chelmsford, it has been revealed.

The 24-year-old prisoner was released from HMP Wandsworth in south London on Wednesday, October 29, Sky News reports.

It comes just two days after David Lammy announced enhanced checks on prisoner releases following the Kebatu case.

The Metropolitan Police said in a statement: "Shortly after 1pm on Tuesday 4 November, the Met was informed by the Prison Service that a prisoner had been released in error from HMP Wandsworth on Wednesday 29 October.

"The prisoner is a 24-year-old Algerian man.

"Officers are carrying out urgent enquiries in an effort to locate him and return him to

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