Another foreign prisoner is on the run after being mistakenly released, Sky News has learnt.

The error at HMP Wandsworth in south London happened on 29 October - just five days after the high-profile release of migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu from HMP Chelmsford.

It was also two days after Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy announced enhanced checks on prisoner releases.

Image: HMP Wandsworth in London. Pic: PA

The Metropolitan Police confirmed to Sky News: "Shortly after 1pm on Tuesday 4 November, the Met was informed by the Prison Service that a prisoner had been released in error from HMP Wandsworth on Wednesday 29 October.

"The prisoner is a 24-year-old Algerian man.

"Officers are carrying out urgent enquiries in an effort to locate him and return him to custody."

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