William ‘Billy’ Smith, 35, was seen handing himself in to HMP Wandsworth in south-west London on Thursday.
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He was sentenced to 45 months for multiple fraud offences at Croydon crown court on Monday but mistakenly released the same day, triggering a three-day manhunt
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