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A manhunt continues for two prisoners released by mistake, including a migrant sex offender, as the Justice Secretary faces pressure over the error.

Police are trying to track down Algerian national Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, mistakenly released from HMP Wandsworth last Wednesday October 29.

They are also searching for another inmate, Billy Smith, 35, accidentally released from the same south-west London prison on Monday.

David Lammy , the Justice Secretary, is meanwhile under fire after reports emerged which suggested he was aware of Kaddour-Cherif’s release and had p

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