The 23-year-old was being held on remand at Wandsworth prison when he allegedly used a makeshift sling made of knotted bedsheets to cling on to the underside of a truck.
Jurors have been shown
footage of the moment a former British soldier allegedly made his escape from Wandsworth prison underneath a food delivery lorry. Daniel Khalife, 23, was being held on remand - accused of passing secrets to Iran - when he allegedly used a makeshift sling made of knotted bedsheets to cling on to the underside of the Bidfood truck while he was on kitchen duty.
footage shown in court captured his movements while he was on the run, showing him walking past the White Cross pub in Richmond carrying a Waitrose bag on the day of his alleged escape. Another clip shows Khalife inside a branch of Mountain Warehouse, where he looks straight at the camera before slipping a blue cap into his bag.
in a branch of Sainsbury's, where he bought a £10 cash mobile phone top-up, the jury was told. On 8 September he was seen looking at a story about his alleged escape in a newspaper, which he buys, while on 9 September, he bought a £1.09 espresso from McDonald's and changed his clothes in the toilets. He was arrested on the footpath of the Grand Union Canal in Northolt later that morning.
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