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2023-09-12 Britain
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UK terror suspect appears in court following capture in prison escape
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[IsraelTimes] A former soldier facing terror charges appears in court in London, accused of escaping from the prison where he was being held.
Daniel Khalife,
| ...more fully Daniel Abed Khalife, when his mother is seriously displeased... |
21, was arrested on Saturday after a huge four-day hunt to locate him after his disappearance from Wandsworth prison in south London. He strapped himself to the underside of a food delivery truck, possibly using bedsheets, to escape, Westminster Magistrates Court was told.
Khalife, wearing a gray jumper and jogging bottoms, appears in the dock flanked by two coppers and a security guard. He speaks only to confirm his name and date of birth and is remanded in jug until a further hearing at the Old Bailey court in London on September 29.
Khalife was awaiting trial over two incidents at the Royal Air Force based in Stafford, central England, near the army barracks where he lived. He is accused of "attempting to elicit information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism" in August 2021.
Jogger claims he saw 'Iran spy' Daniel Khalife twice the day before fugitive was finally caught after prison break - but insists he couldn't get through to police to report sighting
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A jogger today claimed he saw accused spy Daniel Khalife twice the day before he was caught after escaping Wandsworth prison but couldn't get through to police to report the sighting.
Frank Noon claims he spotted someone who fitted the profile of the suspected terrorist asleep on a bench in West London on Friday morning, then saw him again sitting in a shed at the entrance to an old cemetery.
The 21-year-old was remanded into custody at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Monday charged with escaping custody at HMP Wandsworth on Wednesday and will next appear at the Old Bailey on September 29.
Former soldier Khalife, who has been accused of spying for Iran, was arrested on a canal towpath in west London at 10.41am on Saturday after being pulled off a push bike by a plain-clothes counter-terrorism officer. Prior to his alleged escape, Khalife had been on remand at Wandsworth Prison after being charged with terror offences in January.
Prosecutor Thomas Williams said on the morning of 6 September, Wandsworth prison notified police that Khalife was missing. He had been working in the jail kitchen and 'there were suspicions he had disappeared via a food delivery truck.'
The court heard police intercepted the delivery truck at 8:40am on Upper Richmond Road. Police found two makeshift straps, made from material thought to be from bed sheets, with clips on each end, attached to the underside of the vehicle.
Mr Williams said: 'There was a four-day manhunt of 150 coppers per day, using resources from other police forces and government agencies.'
The court heard Khalife was arrested at 10:41am on 9 September after a plain clothed officer, in an unmarked vehicle received reports Khalife had been spotted on a bicycle.
Khalife had in his possession a small amount of money, clothes and a mobile phone. He told officers he had 'almost been caught on several occasions', that he 'hated the governor of Wandsworth', and that he had been to Richmond Park and the Chiswick area Khalife also told officers the lorry driver was unaware of his escape.
Deputy Chief Magistrate Tan Ikram remanded Khalife in jug ahead of a preliminary hearing at the Old Bailey on 29 September.
A 75-hour manhunt was launched after he escaped by clinging to the bottom of a food delivery lorry. British-born Khalife, who has Iranian and Lebanese heritage, was charged in January with breaching the Official Secrets Act and for an alleged bomb hoax at his barracks. Over the weekend he was charged with escaping HMP Wandsworth contrary to common law.
Scotland Yard was last night refocusing its efforts on piecing together Khalife's four days on the run, including probing those who might have helped him escape or evade capture while on the lam.
Suspicions that Khalife relied on a network of support were fuelled after he was arrested wearing new clothes, carrying a Waitrose cool bag filled with food and travelling on a mountain bike. A former prisons minister said the terror suspect would have received some sort of 'collusion and support'.
During the manhunt, a house in Richmond, south-west London, was raided by police after intercepted communications led them to believe Khalife may have been there, security sources told The Mail on Sunday.
Shortly after the raid, there were sightings less than three miles away in Chiswick. Khalife was detained as he cycled along a canal towpath in Greenford, west London.
Sources have also claimed that Khalife, who is accused of spying for Iran, had access to a mobile phone behind bars, raising the prospect that it may have been smuggled in by a visitor or a member of staff.
Officials have refused to comment on whether he had access to a phone, but Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said the escape was clearly planned. He told LBC: 'It is a question. Did anyone inside the prison help him? Other prisoners, guard staff? Was he helped by people outside the walls or was it simply all of his own creation? This is really concerning.'
Two guards at HMP Wandsworth have been suspended following Khalife's escape. It is understood both were involved in overseeing the exit of the Bidfood catering vehicle from the prison grounds.
It also emerged that Wandsworth's head of security and safety is under investigation for alleged misconduct. Bobby Cunningham was suspended a few months ago.
Former prisons minister Rory Stewart told Sky News: 'It seems clear if he had strapping underneath this vehicle, that there was some kind of collusion and support. But it's also clear that they seemed to spend, I don't know, half an hour [to] 45 minutes before they even noticed he was gone from the kitchen, and he shouldn't be in the kitchen in the first place.' 
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