Man on remand calls police after being accidentally released from Sydney jail due to paperwork bungle

NSW Corrective Services investigating error that led them to incorrectly believe Corey Hastings had been granted bail

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A man who was accidentally released from a Sydney prison due to a paperwork bungle has called the police to let them know where he was.

Corey Hastings was let out of Long Bay Correctional Complex in Sydney’s eastern suburbs on Thursday afternoon before being re-arrested at a Bondi hotel on Friday morning.

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