Prison boss to get report over mistaken release

PRISON boss Brian Purcell is due to get a report over the weekend after a violent criminal was mistakenly released instead of another prisoner with the same name.

The Prison Service director general ordered the report from the governor of Mountjoy Jail after it emerged the wrong Mark Kenny was released on Wednesday.

The man who was released is a dangerous criminal serving six years for armed robbery and who was not due to be released until 2010.