Daniel Khalife: Former British soldier who escaped prison found guilty of spying for Iran

A former soldier who escaped from Wandsworth Prison, while awaiting trial, has been found guilty of spying for Iran.

But he was cleared of carrying out a bomb hoax.

23-year-old Daniel Khalife was serving in the army when he was paid in cash for secret information.

He then told police he had wanted to offer himself to British security agencies as a double agent.

They described him as “the ultimate Walter Mitty character”.