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A manhunt for Brahim Kaddour-Cherif is ongoing after Sir Keir Starmer defended his deputy David Lammy against criticism over his handling of the mistaken prisoner release.

Police are trying to track down Algerian national Kaddour-Cherif, 24, who was accidentally freed from HMP Wandsworth last Wednesday, October 29.

Another prisoner, Billy Smith, 35, who was also accidentally freed from the same prison on Monday, has handed himself back in.

Sir Keir said on Thursday that he was “angry and frustrated” by “intolerable” wrongful prisoner releases.

Mr Lammy has faced scru

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