A former British soldier accused of passing secret information to Iran fled his barracks and left a “dodgy” device on his desk which fellow soldiers thought was 'a makeshift bomb', a court has heard.
A former British soldier accused of passing secret information to Iran fled his barracks and left a “dodgy” device on his desk which fellow soldiers thought was "a makeshift bomb", a court has heard. Daniel Khalife, 23, from Kingston, south-west London, is accused of perpetrating a bomb hoax at his barracks in Beaconside, Staffordshire, in January 2023.
Jurors were shown pictures of the silver coloured gas canisters which were held together with green tape, and had green and white wires attached. L/Cpl Barrett said he thought the item was a “makeshift bomb, straight away” and that he approached the item "tentatively, very tentatively, just in case", before reporting what he had seen.A fellow lance corporal who was also present said the device seemed "strange and dodgy", a written statement read to the court said.
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