Daniel Khalife used item from prison to ‘strap himself to food van’

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Jail breaker and terror suspect Daniel Khalife allegedly escaped prison using an item he swiped from behind bars.

Khalife is accused of escaping HMP Wandsworth by strapping himself to the underside of a food delivery vehicle using a material “which may have been from bed sheets”.

Prosecutor Thomas Williams said the 21-year-old is accused of “using the strap to support himself to escape”.

Khalife has been remanded into custody at Westminster Magistrates’ Court after being charged with escaping from the London prison.

The former soldier was arrested on a canal towpath in west London at 10.41am on Saturday after being pulled off a push bike by a plain-clothes counter-terrorism officer.

Prior to his alleged escape, Khalife had been on remand at Wandsworth Prison after being charged with terror offences in January.

Before a short hearing, he appeared in the dock flanked by two police officers and a dock officer.

Khalife entered the courtroom wearing a grey jumper and jogging bottoms and spoke only to confirm his name and date of birth.

Detailing the allegation against the defendant, prosecutor Thomas Williams said the former soldier is alleged to have escaped on the underside of a food delivery vehicle.

Mr Williams said Khalife is accused of strapping himself to the lorry using “material which may have been from bed sheets”.

Deputy Chief Magistrate Tan Ikram told the defendant he will next appear at the Old Bailey on September 29

The Met Police previously issued the following statement: "On the 6th day of September 2023, then being a prisoner in his Majesty’s prison at Wandsworth, being remanded in custody pending trial as ordered at the Central Criminal Court on the 21st day of July 2023, escaped, contrary to common law.

"Khalife was arrested on a towpath near Rowdell Road, Northolt on Saturday, 9 September following a policing operation led by officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command.

"He was charged on Sunday, 10 September."

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