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Brendon Wayne Spurrell, a convicted child predator awaiting trial for sex assault and death threats, has been accidentally released from custody after an administrative error, this newspaper has learned.

Spurrell, 22, was on trial Friday at the Ottawa courthouse for breach of probation and was found guilty. He was then supposed to remain in custody awaiting trial on charges of death threats, sex assault, assault and auto theft.Jan.

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But due to an unknown administrative error, Spurrell was set free by mistake sometime between Friday and Sunday.

It’s not known if the sex offender was accidentally released from the Elgin Street courthouse or the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre.

Regardless, Spurrell has been set free by accident and the Ottawa police are asking for the public’s help to find the fugitive they describe as dangerous.

The police issued a press release this week saying they were trying to locate the wanted man but didn’t mention his convictions, charges, or that he had been accidentally released from custody.