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A police officer told Brahim Kaddour-Cherif that he had a “very distinctive wonky nose”, which matched images of the mistakenly released prisoner, as the inmate claimed he was somebody else during his arrest.

Footage of the 24-year-old’s detention, captured by Sky News , showed him denying that he was “Brahim” before saying it was not his fault he was released.

He was arrested in Blackstock Road, Finsbury Park , north London , earlier on Friday, more than a week after the blunder which saw him released from HMP Wandsworth in the capital.

The video showed him initiall

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