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David Lammy had not been “accurately informed of key details” about a mistakenly released prisoner when he was asked about the case in the Commons.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has defended the Deputy Prime Minister, after he failed to answer questions about the mistaken release of 24-year-old Algerian national Brahim Kaddour-Cherif from HMP Wandsworth, despite having been informed about the case.

Mr Lammy refused to confirm repeatedly at Deputy Prime Minister’s Questions whether any any more asylum seekers had been wrongly released since Hadush Kebatu, the now-deported

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