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The Algerian sex offender accidentally released from HMP Wandsworth has been arrested.

Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, was arrested near Capital City College on Blackstock Road in Islington , north London , the Metropolitan Police said.

A TV crew witnessed the dramatic moment he was detained just before 11.30am.

Sky News reporter Tom Parmenter confronts Kaddour-Cherif who does not initially confirm his identity but says: “Everyone knows him, he’s news.”

He denies being the escapee as an officer handcuffs him but later admitted who he was, saying: “It’s not my f***ing fau

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