Police are searching for a foreign offender, wrongly released from Wandsworth prison in last week.

UPDATED: William Smith handed himself in on Thursday morning.

Officers say they weren’t told for several days.

It’s not thought the 24-year-old Algerian man’s an asylum seeker.

Justice secretary David Lammy repeatedly dodged questions on whether there’d been other incorrect migrant releases, since sex offender

Hadush Kebatu was freed, five days earlier.

Enhanced checks had since been announced.

Here’s the Lib Dem MP for Esher and Walton Monica Harding

Police were told about the latest error yesterday

Meanwhile Police commentator says that creates problems for the manhunt

Whilst ex prison governor has said jails are under pressure