Jury sworn in for Daniel Khalife terror offences and prison escape trial

A assemblage has been sworn successful for the proceedings of a erstwhile worker accused of passing delicate accusation that whitethorn beryllium utile to an enemy, and escaping from prison.

Daniel Khalife, wearing a bluish garment and navy sleeveless jumper, appeared astatine Woolwich Crown Court connected Tuesday charged with 4 offences.

The 23-year-old is alleged to person escaped from HMP Wandsworth successful southbound London portion connected remand connected panic and espionage charges by strapping himself to the underside of a nutrient transportation lorry connected September 6 2023.

He was arrested connected a canal towpath successful westbound London 3 days aboriginal aft being pushed disconnected a motorcycle by a plain-clothes counter-terrorism officer.

Khalife besides faces a complaint of gathering, publishing oregon communicating accusation that mightiness beryllium utile to an force contrary to the Official Secrets Act betwixt May 1 2019 and January 6 2022.

In addition, helium is accused of perpetrating a weaponry hoax successful Beaconside, Staffordshire, connected oregon earlier January 2023, successful which helium placed “three canisters with wires connected a table successful his accommodation” to spark fears it was “likely to detonate oregon ignite and thereby origin idiosyncratic wounded oregon harm to property”.

The 4th complaint alleges Khalife elicited oregon attempted to elicit idiosyncratic accusation astir equipped forces unit that was apt to beryllium utile to a idiosyncratic committing oregon preparing an enactment of coercion from a Ministry of Defence medication strategy connected August 2 2021.

He denies each of the charges.

The trial, earlier Justice Cheema-Grubb, is expected to past astir six weeks.