On Wednesday (November 5), reports emerged that Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, was wrongly freed from the prison on October 29.
The Metropolitan Police was only informed about the blunder a week later, on Tuesday (November 4).
A manhunt was in place following the blunder, but police have now re-arrested him after finding him in Islington.
According to court documents seen by this paper, Kaddour-Cherif, who previously lived in Tower Hamlets, was in court after an incident at Lloyd Park in Walthamstow on March 30, 2024.
Documents state that he had intentionally exposed his genitals, intending that someone would see them and be caused alarm or distress.
He pleaded guilty to this on July 12, 2024, and was taken to Inner London Crown Court for sentencing to an 18 month community order and placed on the sex offenders’ register for five years.
It is also understood that the Algerian man had a “history of criminality”, including charges of trespassing with intent to steal.
His mistaken release follows the national scandal of convicted asylum seeker Hadush Kebatu who was accidentally released from HMP Chelmsford just five days before (October 24).
HMP Wandsworth had also wrongly freed William ‘Billy’ Smith, 35, on Monday (November 3).
He has however since handed himself in.
