A foreign sex offender freed in error from Wandsworth prison has been arrested.

Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, a 24-year-old Algerian national, was mistakenly released from HMP Wandsworth in south London on 29 October.

Sky News witnessed the arrest in Finsbury Park, north London, at 11.30am.

Kaddour-Cherif said the mix-up at the prison was the fault of the authorities.

The Prison Service informed the Metropolitan Police about the error six days later - and a huge manhunt for him was launched.

Image: Brahim Kaddour-Cherif was wrongly freed from Wandsworth prison. Pic: Met Police

It is not yet clear why it was nearly a week between the release at HMP Wandsworth and the police being informed that an offender was at large.

"At 11.23am on Friday, 7 November, a call was received

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