The alleged Iranian spy tells court he attached a sling made of trousers to the bottom of a lorry.
The former British army soldier who is on trial for escaping from HMP Wandsworth has said he left the prison without permission so he would get put into the High Security Unit at Belmarsh Prison.
He said that on arrival in Wandsworth prison he was put in the Vulnerable Prison Unit, where "95%" of inmates were serious sex offenders - "rapists, paedophiles, that sort of thing"."This individual was quite a prolific sex offender. A homosexual one," Mr Khalife said. "He wanted me to work with him."
He said that on 21 August 2023 he pretended to be trying to escape by acting "very suspiciously" next to a food delivery lorry.He said that on 1 September 2023 he attached a sling made of trousers and carabiners under the lorry near the tail lift.The jury were shown photos of what the police said was the sling Daniel Khalife attached to the bottom of the lorry to aid his prison escape
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