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Child abductor accidentally released from prison

Police are searching for the 57-year-old after a release error, while officials say prison system failures are driving more mistakes.

Summary
A police manhunt is under way after a man jailed for abducting his son was wrongly released from prison. Scotland Yard is looking for Ifedayo Adeyeye, 57, who is feared to have fled the country after being mistakenly let go from Pentonville prison, in north London, two weeks ago.

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Manhunt for child abductor after he is accidentally released from prison

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Child abductor accidentally released from prison

Nigerian-British national had been serving six-month sentence at Pentonville after kidnapping five-year-old son

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Manhunt launched after child abductor accidentally released from prison

COPS have launched an urgent manhunt after a child abductor was mistakenly freed from prison due to a paperwork blunder. Ifedayo Adeyeye,...

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Manhunt launched after child abductor mistakenly released from prison

The inmate was accidentally released from the London prison where he was meant to serve another 12-month sentence for the abduction of his five-year-old son

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Daily Mirror broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Wednesday, May 6, 2026.
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