Migrant sex offender released from HMP Wandsworth named

The migrant sex offender mistakenly released from HMP Wandsworth has been named as Brahim Kaddour-Cherif.

The Algerian criminal was accidentally let out on October 29, but the blunder was only reported to the Metropolitan Police on Tuesday, the force said.

Sources confirmed Kaddour-Cherif's identity to the Daily Express.

It comes after Epping sex offender Hadush Kebatu was wrongly released from HMP Chelmsford on October 24.

The scandal has prompted renewed fury over the Ministry of Justice's handling of migrant sex offenders.

Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick blasted: "Another week, another manhunt for a foreign sex attacker accidentally released by the Government.

"But this time, the farce was covered up by David Lammy.

"We need answers".

In a letter to the Deputy Prime Minister, David Lammy, Mr Jenrick continued: "Under this Government's watch, accidental releases have more than doubled.

"Last week, we had the farce of an illegal migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu, accidentally released and turned away from the authorities five times.

"The British people are being put at risk by the sheer incompetence of your Government. Victims are being failed relentlessly. The public deserve answers as to what has happened and what you are finally going to do about it.

"Under the Ministerial Code, you have a duty to Parliament to account for the actions of your department and agencies with candour and openness.

"Will you now return to Parliament, this afternoon, to provide a full account of what has happened?

"After your conduct today, and the litany of errors that have already occurred on your watch, how can the public possibly have confidence in you?"

The prisoner was in jail for trespass with an intent to steal but has previously committed sexual offences.

It is understood he is not an asylum seeker.

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy said: "I am absolutely outraged and appalled by the mistaken release of a foreign criminal wanted by the police.

"The Metropolitan Police is leading an urgent manhunt, and my officials have been working through the night to take him back to prison.

"Victims deserve better and the public deserve answers.

"That is why I have already brought in the strongest checks ever to clamp down on such failures and ordered an independent investigation, led by Dame Lynne Owens to uncover what went wrong and address the rise in accidental releases which has persisted for too long.

"This latest incident exposes deeper flaws across the failing criminal justice system we inherited. Dame Lynne Owens' investigation will leave no stone unturned to identify these issues, so we can fix them, improve safeguards and ensure the public is properly protected."