A suspected rapist awaiting trial has been mistakenly set free from prison and has left the country, the BBC has learnt. The man from London was on remand at HMP Wormwood Scrubs, charged with multiple allegations of rape, sexual assault and violence against a woman. After a pre-trial hearing in early February, a court official wrongly told the prison the defendant could be set free on bail and he was later released, leaving the country soon afterwards. Details of the case emerged as a top judge called on the government to intervene to try to ensure the man returns to stand trial next Monday. The man, who is in his forties, cannot be named for legal reasons. "We take this error extremely seriously," said Judge Martin Edmunds KC, the Recorder of Kensington and Chelsea, in a ruling.…