One of two men freed in error hands himself back in as prison governors blame Tories for underfunding system – UK politics live

Billy Smith, 35, was sentenced to 45 months for multiple fraud offences on Monday and freed in error the same dayITV News has broadcast footage of Billy Smith handing himself back in. (See 11.35am.)Billy Smith, 35, who was mistakenly released from Wandsworth prison on Monday, has handed himself back in, PA Media reports. The release of someone like Smith, a convicted fraudster, would not normally make the news, but he was let out of Wandsworth prison only a few days after the Algerian sex offender referenced at PMQs yesterday, which is why his return to jail gets the PA snap news alert treatment. Continue reading...