24-year-old Algerian asylum seeker Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, was mistakenly released in November sparking a national manhunt.
At the time he was freed, he was facing three live criminal cases and was under investigation for a fourth offence.
Kaddour-Cherif has been handed the jail sentence for assaulting two police officers at Blackhorse Road Tube station.
He is now in Home Office custody and is due to be questioned about his asylum claim.
