Prison Blunder: One Man Caught, Sex Offender Still Missing
William Smith, 35, surrendered after being mistakenly released from HMP Wandsworth earlier this week. However, sex offender Brahim Kaddour Cherif, 24, remains at large.
Local MP Criticizes Prison System
Woking MP Will Forster, representing Smith, condemned the prison system as "ludicrous."
"Whilst I'm relieved that #Woking resident William Smith has handed himself in following his mistaken release, it is ludicrous that the prison system is relying on convicted criminals doing the right thing to ensure that they serve the full extent of their sentences."
Forster added prisons "shouldn't be relying on an honours system of wrongfully released people handing themselves back into prison" and expressed frustration over a lack of communication from the Ministry of Justice.
"I'm dismayed that despite reaching outThe Mirror — 2025-11-06