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Lammy speaking to ‘best of his knowledge’ on prisoner release error – Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer said his deputy could ‘speak for himself’ on questions around whether a prisoner was wrongfully freed before new checks were imposed.

The Independent UK

David Lammy finds himself in a perilous position

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Forgetting to wear a poppy to his first appearance leading PMQs now looks like the least of the justice minister’s problems. His lack of candour with the Commons about yet another foreign-national sex offender being mistakenly released from prison – on his own departmental watch –…

The Independent UK

Lammy says he was right not to discuss mistakenly freed prisoner at PMQs

Justice secretary says he did not have ‘all the detail’ at the time and there is ‘mountain to climb’ on prisons crisis

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Mistakenly released prisoner hands himself in as Lammy faces fresh pressure over handling of fiasco

William ‘Billy’ Smith, 35, returned to Wandsworth prison after being mistakenly released on Monday

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on mistaken prisoner releases: a broken system not human error

Editorial: Recent cases of prisoners let go by mistake rightly disturb the public. But they reflect the overstretched and underfunded criminal justice architecture

The Guardian - UK

Why doesn’t Lammy just bring in a new policy of accidentally jailing people?

Justice secretary seemed to be the only person not being released, as he hid from questions about latest prison mishaps

The Guardian - UK

Accidentally freed prisoner Brahim Kaddour-Cherif was let out of immigration centre this summer, court hears

Judge Rosa Dean ordered prosecutors to provide more information on Brahim Kaddour-Cherif

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‘I was not equipped with all the detail’ over prisoner release error – Lammy

Mr Lammy has faced scrutiny over his handling of the mistaken release of a second foreign prisoner.

Evening Standard

Who are the prisoners mistakenly released from Wandsworth Prison?

Police are continuing the search for a migrant sex offender who was wrongly freed from jail

The Independent UK

Robert Jenrick accuses David Lammy of 'Bulls****' on live TV amid row over mistaken prisoner releases

The comment came as pressure piles on the Justice Secretary after prisoners were mistakenly released from HMP Wandsworth

Evening Standard

Lammy says he was not ‘equipped with the details’ when facing questions on mistaken prisoner release at PMQs – as it happened

Deputy PM accused of being ‘dishonest’ and his performance at PMQs ‘a disgrace’ by Tory MPs

The Guardian - UK

Lammy under fire for buying suit instead of ‘taking charge’ of mistaken releases

The Justice Secretary told MPs on Wednesday he ‘bought a new suit this morning because my godmother said she would be watching’.

Evening Standard

Kate Garraway hits out at Robert Jenrick for swearing on live TV

Kate Garraway told off Robert Jenrick for swearing live on Good Morning Britain as he criticised David Lammy.

The Independent UK

England prison chiefs summoned to urgent meeting with ministers over wrongful releases

Justice minister promises digital overhaul of ‘archaic’ paper system partly blamed for average of 22 people being wrongly freed each month

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Lammy admits 'mountain to climb' on prisons crisis as 40 more inmates may be wrongly freed before Christmas

Pressure is increasing on the Justice Secretary David Lammy over his handling of the blunders

The Independent UK

David Lammy told to ‘get a grip’ as search continues for mistakenly freed prisoners

Robert Jenrick has expressed a lack of confidence in David Lammy and said the deputy prime minister’s performance at PMQs was a ‘disgrace’

Evening Standard

Prison governors in crisis talks as hunt continues for wrongly released inmates

Justice minister Alex Davies-Jones said she was furious about the situation.

Evening Standard

Prisoner manhunt continues as Lammy faces slew of questions

Police are trying to track down two inmates released in the last week from HMP Wandsworth.

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Evening Standard

Lammy ‘not informed of key details’ when questioned about prisoner release error

The Ministry of Justice has defended David Lammy, after he failed to answer questions about the mistaken release of Brahim Kaddour-Cherif.

Euronews

UK police hunt for two more wrongly released prisoners days after new measures brought in

The inadvertent releases heap further embarrassment on the Prison Service, which has been starved of resources for many years.

International Business Times UK

Released by Mistake: Algerian Migrant Sex Offender Freed in Prison Blunder—Nationwide Manhunt Underway

UK authorities are scrambling to recapture Algerian sex offender Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, wrongly freed from HMP Wandsworth in a shocking prison blunder that's triggered outrage, political fallout, and a nationwide manhunt.

The Independent UK

Two more prisoners on run after being released from HMP Wandsworth by mistake in fresh crisis for Labour

Police searching for Algerian sex offender freed from Wandsworth jail by mistake along with convicted fraudster – days after justice secretary claimed he’d introduced strictest-ever prison checks following Epping migrant blunder

Evening Standard

Police launch double manhunt as two prisoners mistakenly released from jail

It comes after migrant Hadush Kebatu was wrongly released from HMP Chelmsford on October 24.

The Guardian - UK

Miscounting to six costs Tory stand-in his gotcha against poppy-shock Lammy

Plucked from obscurity, James Cartlidge messed up his maths while his opposite number had forgotten his politics 101

Evening Standard

Prisoner manhunt LIVE: Wrongly freed man hands himself back in to London jail

Surrey Police said Billy Smith handed himself into to HMP Wandsworth following his accidental release

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