Former British soldier Daniel Khalife convicted of spying for Iran
A former soldier in the British army who escaped from prison while awaiting trial has been found guilty of spying for Iran.
Daniel Khalife, 23, was on Thursday convicted of delivering a large amount of restricted and classified material for people linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including the names of special forces officers.
Khalife, wearing a blue shirt and pale trousers, calmly replaced his glasses as the verdicts were read out and did not show any emotion.
He escaped from Wandsworth Prison in London in September 2023 while awaiting trial by tying himself to the undercarriage of a delivery van, leading to a brief nationwide manhunt.
In 2021, Khalife took a photo of a handwritten list of 15 serving British soldiers, including some in the special forces, having been sent an internal spreadsheet of promotions in June of that year. Prosecutors believe he sent the list to Iran before deleting any evidence.
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