Lammy Defends Himself Amid Fallout Over Accidental Prisoner Release

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/690cc026180000029a0408f9.jpeg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Deputy prime minister David Lammy is in the spotlight after the accidental release of yet another prisoner." data-caption="Deputy prime minister David Lammy is in the spotlight after the accidental release of yet another prisoner." data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="via Associated Press" />Deputy prime minister David Lammy is in the spotlight after the accidental release of yet another prisoner.</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><a href="news/david-lammy" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">David Lammy</a> has <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@itvpolitics/video/7569623752191888662" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">admitted</a> he was “not equipped” with all of the details around the latest accidental release of another prisoner when he was asked about it in the Commons on Wednesday.</p><p><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/pressure-mounts-on-david-lammy-over-prisoner-release-row_uk_690c5b17e4b094b50cf840c9">The deputy prime minister is facing backlash </a>after repeatedly dodging questions from Tory frontbencher James Cartlidge on Wednesday over whether or not any more asylum seekers released from prisons over the last fortnight.</p><p>It comes <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/why-was-the-migrant-sex-offender-hadush-kebatu-paid-ps500-to-leave-the-uk_uk_69022288e4b0cb45b16f0d0a">after migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu</a> was accidentally set free at the end of October, sparking nationwide outrage.</p><p>Immediately after prime minister’s questions (PMQs), reports revealed that Algerian man Brahim Kaddour-Cherif had been mistakenly let out of Wa