A sex offender who was accidentally released from a high security prison last week has been named as Brahim Kaddour-Cherif.

He most recently appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court in September on a charge of failing to comply with sex offender requirements, it has been reported.

The 24-year-old was mistakenly freed from HMP Wandsworth in London on October 29 and remains at large. He was serving time for trespass with an intent to steal, but has previously committed sexual offences. The Metropolitan Police confirmed that the man is of Algerian descent and say they're now carrying out urgent enquiries in an effort to "locate him and return him to custody".

Labour MP for Tooting Dr Rosena Allin-Khan said she was "horrified" by the news, given the prisoner's "shocking list of offences".

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