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Ex-soldier Daniel Khalife  jailed for 14 years and three months for spying and prison escape

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Updated 13:31 3 Feb 2025 GMTPublished 13:10 3 Feb 2025 GMT

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Ex-soldier Daniel Khalife jailed for 14 years and three months for spying and prison escape

Khalife had escaped by clinging to the underside of a food delivery truck

Brenna Cooper

Brenna Cooper

Featured Image Credit: (Met police)

Topics: UK News, Daniel Khalife

Brenna Cooper
Brenna Cooper

Brenna Cooper is a journalist at LADbible. She graduated from the University of Sheffield with a degree in History, followed by an NCTJ accredited masters in Journalism. She began her career as a freelance writer for Digital Spy, where she wrote about all things TV, film and showbiz. Her favourite topics to cover are music, travel and any bizarre pop culture.

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Former British soldier Daniel Khalife has been sentenced for spying for Iran and escaping from Wandsworth prison.

23-year-old Khalife, originally from Kingston in south-west London, made headlines in September 2023 when he escaped from HMP Wandsworth Prison in the capital, where he was awaiting trial for terror offences.

The former solider would remain on the run for four days before being apprehended by police in Chiswick.

It has now been revealed that Khalife had been serving in the British Army he was accused of exposing 'military personnel to serious harm' by collecting sensitive information and passing it to agents of the Middle Eastern country.

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Daniel Khalife after being re-arrested by officers (PA)
Daniel Khalife after being re-arrested by officers (PA)

Khalife had promised Iranian agents to stay in the military for 25-plus years and had been paid in cash for the material he passed onto handlers, some of which had been forged.

Details he gathered included a handwritten list of names of personnel including some who served in the Special Air Service and Special Boat Service.

He has been handeed a for 14 years and three months sentence after being found guilty of spying for Iran and escaping from prison.

Passing sentence at Woolwich Crown Court on Monday, Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said he had been motivated by “a selfish desire to show off” and described him as “a dangerous fool”.

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Khalife was sentenced to six years for committing an act prejudicial to the safety or interests of the state, and another six years – consisting of five years in prison and one on licence – for eliciting information about members of the armed forces.

(Met Police)
(Met Police)

Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb passed a sentence of two years and three months for the jail break.

She told Khalife: “When you joined the Army as a young man, you had the makings of an exemplary soldier.

“However, through the repeated violation of your oath of service, you showed yourself to be, instead, a dangerous fool.”

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