Ex-soldier Daniel Khalife guilty of spying for Iran after admitting prison escape
Former soldier Daniel Khalife has been found guilty of spying for Iran, but cleared of carrying out a bomb hoax.
The 23-year-old, who previously admitted to escaping from prison, was accused of collecting secret information and passing it to agents of the Middle Eastern country while serving in the Royal Corps of Signals.
Prosecutors told the ex-soldier’s trial he played “a cynical game”, claiming he wanted a career as a double agent to help the British Intelligence Services, when in fact he gathered “a very large body of restricted and classified material” – while police described him as the “ultimate Walter Mitty character that was having a significant impact on the real world”.