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Prisoner mistakenly freed from jail because he had same surname as inmate due for release

Birmingham, England: A prisoner was mistakenly freed by a jail - because he had the same surname as an inmate due for release that day.

Anthony Douglas walked out of HMP Hewell, near Redditch, West Midlands, last Wednesday after being mistaken for another offender who had completed his sentence.

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