Moment Daniel Khalife ‘escapes from prison while clinging to bottom of food lorry before going on shopping spree’

THIS is the infinitesimal Daniel Khalife allegedly escaped from situation portion clinging to the bottommost of a nutrient lorry.

The erstwhile worker was being held connected remand accused of passing secrets to Iran erstwhile helium made the Wandsworth jailhouse break, it is said.

Khalife, 23, allegedly utilized a makeshift sling made of knotted bedsheets for the escape.

He tin beryllium seen successful footage shown to jurors contiguous leaving his compartment connected September 6 past twelvemonth wearing a bluish apical and acheronian trousers.

Khalife was past seen pulling a catering trolley for his room work shift.

Footage past shows a achromatic Mercedes sprinter van extracurricular the Category B situation successful South West London.

As it pulls away, Khalife was allegedly near holding connected to the underside utilizing the makeshift sling.

He past "pencil rolled" distant from the lorry earlier heading connected a buying spree crossed London, Woolwich Crown Court was told.

The ex-soldier picked up a baseball headdress from a Mountain Warehouse a nationwide hunt was launched.

He was besides captured strolling done Richmond and managed to alteration his wardrobe aggregate times portion connected the loose, it was said.

Jurors heard the pursuing day, helium purchased a paper that carried a communicative astir his alleged escape.

Khalife besides allegedly purchased an £89 mobile phone, which helium utilized to interaction an Iranian spy, earlier heading to McDonald's.

Once there, footage showed him buying a £1.09 espresso earlier changing his apparel successful the toilet.

Khalife was arrested 4 days aft helium allegedly fled situation connected the footpath of the Grand Union Canal successful Northolt, West London.

He is besides proceedings accused of spying for Iran portion serving successful the British Army.

Khalife, who was brought up successful Kingston, South West London, by his Iranian mum, joined the Army in September 2018 - 2 weeks earlier his 17th birthday.

He was allegedly successful interaction with Iranian information work members wrong conscionable 1 period of joining the Royal Corps of Signals.

Khalife utilized fake email addresses for the alleged espionage and sent details about SAS and SBS unit to his handlers, jurors heard.

He was paid £1,500 for his services, which helium collected successful August 2019 successful a canine poo container from a parkland successful Barnet, North London, jurors heard.

At 1 point, Khalife contacted MI6 saying helium wanted to beryllium a "double agent" and aboriginal told police his interaction with the Iranians was each a treble bluff, the tribunal was told.

He denies gathering, publishing oregon communicating accusation that mightiness beryllium utile to an enemy, namely Iranian intelligence, contrary to the Official Secrets Act betwixt May 1 2019 and January 6 2022.

Khalife besides denies having 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 terrorism from a Ministry of Defence administration strategy connected August 2 2021.

The erstwhile worker has besides pleaded not blameworthy to escaping from prison, contrary to common law.

The proceedings continues.