Sex offender freed from Wandsworth prison by mistake is back in custody

Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, who was accidentally released on 29 October, arrested in north London on Friday

A convicted sex offender who was released from prison by mistake a week ago is back in custody.

Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, from Algeria, was accidentally freed on 29 October from Wandsworth prison in south London. He was arrested in Finsbury Park on Friday, the Metropolitan police said.