Former UK Soldier Daniel Khalife Jailed for 14 Years for Spying for Iran

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Spy Daniel Khalife given two-word put down as judge sentences him for jailbreak

Daniel Khalife “exposed military personnel to serious harm” by giving serving officers' names to Iranian agents for £1,500 in cash while he served as a British Army soldier.

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Daniel Khalife sentenced to 14 years behind bars after spying for Iran

The 23-year-old, originally from Kingston, South West London, was serving in the British Army when he “exposed military personnel to serious harm” by collecting sensitive information and passing it to agents of the Middle Eastern country.

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Daniel Khalife is jailed for spying for Iran and escaping from prison

Mr Hussain meanwhile said Khalife's spy attempts were somewhere between '007 and Scooby Doo', adding: 'What Daniel Khalife clearly chose to do was not born of malice, was not born of greed, religious fervour or ideological conviction.

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Daniel Khalife jailed after spying for Iran and escaping from prison

Daniel Khalife was found guilty of spying for Iran following a trial last November. He previously admitted escaping from HMP Wandsworth and going on the run. The 23-year-old former British soldier was sentenced to 14 years and three months in prison at Woolwich Crown Court today.

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Daniel Khalife, 23, was serving in the British Army when he spied for Iran. He was paid in cash for the secrets and told handlers he would stay in the military for 25-plus years to spy for them. In September 2023, Khalife escaped from category B prison HMP Wandsworth, in south-west London, but was caught on a canal towpath.

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Ex-soldier Daniel Khalife facing jail over spying for Iran and prison escape

Daniel Khalife will be sentenced today for spying for Iran and breaking out of Wandsworth Prison in 2023. The 23-year-old was paid in cash and told the agents he would continue to serve for at least 25 years. He was found guilty of breaking the Official Secrets Act and the Terrorism Act.

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Daniel Khalife, 23, was serving in the British Army when he was caught. He was paid in cash for the secret information and told handlers he would stay in the military for 25-plus years for them. Khalife escaped from category B prison HMP Wandsworth, in South West London, by clinging to the underside of a food delivery truck.

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Daniel Khalife, 23, was jailed for 14 years and three months today. He had been serving in the British Army when he spied for Iran. The former soldier handed over military secrets before escaping from HMP Wandsworth. He was paid in cash for the secret information and told handlers he would stay in the military for 25-plus years for them.

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Daniel Abdel Khalife, 23, was jailed for more than 14 years after breaching the Official Secrets Act and Terrorism Act. He was paid £1,500 cash for the secret material, some of which he forged, and told his handlers he would stay in the military for 25-plus years for them. He escaped from HMP Wandsworth by hanging underneath a delivery truck.

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Daniel Khalife was serving in the British Army when he 'exposed military personnel to serious harm' by collecting sensitive information and passing it to agents of the Middle Eastern country. Khalife sparked a nationwide manhunt after he fled the jail and spent several days on the run before he was caught on a canal towpath.

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Daniel Khalife was jailed for 14 years and three months for spying for Iran. The 23-year-old escaped from HMP Wandsworth in September 2023. He was found on a canal towpath days later. Khalife claimed he wanted a career as a double agent for the Middle East.

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Former soldier Daniel Khalife who ‘betrayed his country’ jailed for 14 years

Daniel Khalife, 23, was serving in the British Army when he ‘exposed military personnel to serious harm’ He was paid in cash for the secret information and told Iranian handlers that he would stay in the military for 25-plus years for them. His own barrister admitted that his “hapless’ plot was not likely to be a “lesson for budding spies’

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Former British soldier jailed for collecting information for Iran

Daniel Khalife was convicted last November of gathering military and classified information for Iran. He also admitted escaping from London's Wandsworth prison in September 2023 while awaiting trial. The 23-year-old tied himself to the bottom of a delivery van, sparking a nationwide manhunt.

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'More Scooby Doo than 007': Daniel Khalife sentenced to 14 years in jail after prison escape and spying for Iran

'More Scooby Doo than 007': Daniel Khalife sentenced to 14 years in jail after prison escape and spying for Iran. Khalife sparked a manhunt in September 2023 after escaping from HMP Wandsworth while on remand for the spying charges. He escaped by clinging to the underside of a food delivery lorry with homemade straps.

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Ex-British soldier who spied for Iran and made prison escape is sentenced to 14 years

Khalife was convicted of violating the Official Secrets Act and Terrorism Act. He was on the run for three days before he was caught by police. Khalife was sentenced to more than 14 years in prison for his crimes. He had pleaded not guilty to the charges but was found guilty by a jury.

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