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Former UK soldier accused of helping Iran pleads guilty to prison escape

2024.11.11 06:55

LONDON (Reuters) – A British soldier accused of passing sensitive information to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps pleaded guilty on Monday (NASDAQ:) to escaping from prison while awaiting trial.

Daniel Abed Khalife is on trial at London’s Woolwich Crown Court, accused of collecting sensitive information between May 2019 and January 2022.

Khalife, who is no longer a member of the British armed forces, also denies leaving a fake bomb on a desk and absconding from his barracks in 2023.

Prosecutors had also alleged Khalife escaped from London’s Wandsworth prison in September 2023 by tying himself to the bottom of a delivery van, sparking a brief nationwide manhunt.

The 23-year-old had originally pleaded not guilty to escaping from lawful custody, but changed his plea to guilty on Monday after having given evidence for several days earlier this month.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A wanted sign featuring an image of Daniel Abed Khalife, a former soldier who is suspected of terrorism offences, is displayed near Wandsworth prison in London, Britain, September 7, 2023. REUTERS/Anna Gordon/File Photo

Khalife is also charged with gathering information that might be useful to an enemy, namely Iran, obtaining information likely to be useful for terrorism and perpetrating a bomb hoax.

He still denies those three charges and his trial continues.



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