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(From The Journal)
Byline: Dan Warburton
THE search for a man wrongly released from prison is still continuing. It is now nine days since prison officials accidentally released a suspected thief because he had the same name as his father.
Terence Clegg Snr, 51, and his son Terence Clegg Jnr, 23, were in custody for conspiracy to steal after allegedly targeting property in cars in North Tyneside.
The pair, from Kenton, Newcastle, spent eight weeks on remand in Durham Prison, where they shared a cell. But when charges against the father were dropped, prison officers released his son.
Last night a Northumbria Police spokeswoman said: "We are still making every effort to trace him on behalf of Her Majesty's Prison Service."
The Ministry of Justice launched an internal investigation to determine how the mistake had happened.