The 23-year-old was serving in the British Army when he started spying for Iran and later escaped from Wandsworth prison on a food delivery truck, ITV London's Political Correspondent Simon Harris ...

A former British soldier convicted of spying for Iran after an audacious three-day escape from a London prison was sentenced Monday to more than 14 years behind bars for betraying his country.

A former British soldier who escaped from Wandsworth prison while awaiting trial for spying for Iran has been jailed for 14 years and three months. Daniel Khalife, 23, sparked a nationwide manhunt ...

Former British Army soldier Daniel Khalife has today been jailed for more than 14 years for spying on behalf of Iran and escaping from Wandsworth prison while in custody. The 23-year-old gathered ...

In September 2023, Khalife escaped from category B prison HMP Wandsworth, in south-west London, by clinging to the underside of a food delivery truck. He was caught on a canal towpath by a ...

And after a trial at the end of last year, he was found guilty of spying for Iran, having already admitted to his prison escape. Just moments ago, he was sentenced to more than 14 years in prison.

Khalife, who was discharged from the armed forces after he was charged, also admitted escaping from London’s Wandsworth prison in September 2023 while awaiting trial for the other charges.

Adeel Khan denied assisting an escaped prisoner but pleaded guilty to possession of a phone in prison (Jonathan Brady/PA) PA Wire He had already admitted escaping from Wandsworth prison ...

It is understood that Khalife was never returned to Wandsworth Prison but instead was locked up in a category A high-security prison in London as a consequence of his actions. On 21 September ...

Khalife, now 23, was charged in January 2023 and became the subject of a nationwide manhunt eight months later when he fled Wandsworth prison before his trial. He was arrested in London after a 75 ...