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Daniel Khalife, a former British army soldier, has been found guilty of spying for Iran by a jury at Woolwich Crown Court. At the same time, he was cleared of perpetrating a bomb hoax at his former army barracks. Khalife escaped from Wandsworth prison in London while awaiting trial. He had been found guilty of collecting information on Special Forces soldiers and passing it to Tehran. During his time in the army, Khalife also gathered the names of 15 serving soldiers, including some from the special forces.
The court heard that Khalife contacted a man linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Facebook. He later told MI6 that he wanted to be a double-agent. Prosecutors argued that he played a “cynical game”. Khalife was found to have breached both the Official Secrets Act and the Terrorism Act.
Bethan David, head of the Crown Prosecution Service’s counter-terrorism division, argued that Khalife, as a soldier, was “employed and entrusted to uphold and protect the national security of this country”. She added that his actions “could have exposed military personnel to serious harm, or a risk to life, and prejudiced the safety and security of the United Kingdom”.
Justice Bobbie Cheema-Grubb said Khalife would receive “a long custodial sentence” when he is sentenced early next year. Khalife, whose escape also raised serious questions about security and staffing at the prison, will now face years in jail. In conclusion, Commander Dominic Murphy, the head of the Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism Command, considered that Khalife’s actions were “extremely reckless and dangerous
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