Daniel Khalife pleads guilty to Wandsworth prison escape halfway through trial

Former soldier Daniel Khalife pleaded guilty to escaping from HMP Wandsworth by clinging to the bottom of a food catering truck using a makeshift sling made from kitchen trousers, leading to a major manhunt and his eventual arrest on a canal towpath next to the Thames. While admitting to the prison escape charge, the 23-year-old denies other charges, including allegations of spying for Iran while serving in the British army. Khalife planned a fake escape attempt to be moved to a high-security unit but decided on a genuine escape after the incident was not reported to senior prison staff, hoping to avoid being housed with “sex offenders” and “terrorists” upon recapture.

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