Police have launched a manhunt for 32-year-old Palestine Action protester Sean Middleborough, who failed to return to HMP Wandsworth after being temporarily released to attend his brother’s wedding.

Middleborough had been on remand over an alleged plan to disrupt the London Stock Exchange and was charged with conspiracy to cause a public nuisance.

Prison officers reportedly granted him temporary bail for the family event, but he never came back.

His disappearance comes amid a series of embarrassing prison blunders, including two mistaken releases from Wandsworth in recent days.

One of those freed in error, Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, was rearrested after protesting that his release had been “illegal,” while another, Billy Smith, voluntarily returned to custody.

These incidents follow the w

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