The 23-year-old made a sling from a pair of trousers which he attached to the bottom of a catering van for his escape, which even the Met acknowledged showed ‘ingenuity’

Daniel Khalife, who escaped HMP Wandsworth in 2023 sparking a national manhunt, was on Thursday found guilty of spying for Iran after a trial at Woolwich Crown Court

Daniel Khalife’s audacious escape from HMP Wandsworth in 2023 revealed significant problems with the prison system. But when the 23-year-old’s trial for spying charges began in October, a running theme of embarrassment in the way he was handled by the Army, police and British security services was also exposed.

The 23-year-old was convicted of collecting secret information and passing it to Iranian agents while serving in Royal Corps of Signals

A former British soldier whose escape from a London prison last year sparked a three day man-hunt has been found guilty of spying for Iran.

A former soldier who escaped from prison and went on the run for three days has been found guilty of spying for Iran.Daniel Khalife, 23, “exposed military personnel to serious harm” by collecting sensitive information and passing it to agents of the Middle Eastern country.

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Khalife first contacted a man linked to Iranian intelligence soon after joining the British Army, his trial heard.

Former soldier Daniel Khalife has been found guilty of spying for Iran. He was also cleared of carrying out a bomb hoax at his army barracks. He pleaded guilty part way through his trial to escaping from HMP Wandsworth in September 2023.