British Prisoner Waves Like A Celebrity, Smokes In Style As He Turns Himself In After Accidental Release

A truly bizarre scene unfolded in the U.K. after one of two mistakenly released inmates from London’s infamous HMP Wandsworth Prison decided to turn himself back in — all smiles. William “Billy” Smith, 35, stunned the world when he waved to reporters, smiled, and even lit a cigarette on the prison steps before re-entering the facility. The convict had been accidentally released on Monday, the same day he was sentenced to 45 months in jail for multiple fraud offenses via video link from Croydon Crown Court. However, another mistakenly freed inmate Ibrahim Kaddour-Cherif, a 24-year-old Algerian sex offender, remains on the run, sparking a major manhunt and outrage over the U.K.’s overwhelmed prison system.