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Prison governors were “hauled over the coals” by David Lammy as the manhunt continues for Algerian sex offender Brahim Kaddour-Cherif following his accidental release from custody.

Cabinet minister Steve Reed defended the Justice Secretary’s response to the fiasco as Mr Lammy faced condemnation from within government.

Kaddour-Cherif, 24, was accidentally freed from HMP Wandsworth in London on October 29.

He was serving a sentence for trespass with intent to steal, but had previously been convicted for indecent exposure.

It is understood he is not an asylum seeker, but

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