00:00So one of two prisoners mistakenly released from Wandsworth Prison has now handed themselves back in, having returned to the prison after three days.
00:15That was 35-year-old Billy Smith, who was the subject of a manhunt, which evidently failed.
00:23Police are continuing their efforts to track down Algerian national 24-year-old Brahim Khador Sharif, with efforts no doubt being made more difficult on the basis he was incorrectly freed on the 29th of October.
00:41Of course, serious questions continue to be asked around why police and the public weren't informed of his accidental release from prison until nearly a week later.
00:56Just to sum up, in the wider London area, we have had three manhunts in the space of two weeks, all for the same reason, which is prisoners being accidentally released from jail.
01:10Two of those prisoners from Wandsworth Prison in the space of a week, and two of these manhunts for Hadoush Qubatu and for Brahim Khador Sharif have involved foreign nationals with a history of sexual offences.
01:27Justice Secretary David Lammy responded to news of Mr. Smith's return to custody on social media, describing the spike of mistaken releases as unacceptable.
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