Enda Brady: UK correspondent on the accidental release of a wrongly-freed sex offender - Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

British police have launched a manhunt for two wrongly-freed prisoners, including an Algerian sex offender.

London's Metropolitan Police force said in a statement it was looking for the 24-year-old suspect after he was released in error.

UK correspondent Enda Brady says this is concerning for the Government, who are on the defence after this incident. 

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