William Wenham was serving a two-year sentence and waiting to face trial for aggravated burglary – but then he was released by mistake
Police are on the hunt again after yet another prisoner was released by mistake. William Wenham was serving a two-year sentence and waiting to face trial for an offence of aggravated burglary, but he was released by mistake from HMP Rochester on Tuesday, June 3 this year.
The criminal was convicted of burglary with intent to steal in his absence in Cambridge Crown Court on Friday October 3. Sussex Police say the 47-year-old is connected to Havant, Worthing, Brighton, Peterborough, and the surrounding area.
This isn’t the first prison release blunder however as last month, Epping migrant sex attacker Hadush Kebatu was released by mistake from Chelmsford. Kebatu was then arrested in Finsbury Park following a two-day manhunt.
Last week, it was revealed that two prisoners who were released by mistake in 2024 are still at large. A further two inmates are also on the run after being released in error in June this year, bringing the total to four.
A fifth prisoner, Nigerian national Ola Abimbola, also remains at large after allegedly walking out of the open prison HMP Ford on October 10. Meanwhile, Algerian sex offender Brahim Kaddour-Cherif was finally re-arrested last Friday after mistakenly being released from HMP Wandsworth nine days ago, sparking a huge police manhunt.
The 24-year-old, who had been serving a sentence for trespass with intent to steal and had a previous conviction for indecent exposure, was snared by cops after a tip-off from a member of the public.
He was detained by officers in Finsbury Park, the same area where sex attack migrant Kebatu was arrested two weeks earlier, following yet another error that saw him released by mistake.
This is a breaking news story, updates are incoming.
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