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The '''Prison escape of''' '''Daniel Abed Khalife''' was the escape of a British former soldier and accused ]. On 6 September 2023, he ] from ] in London, triggering a manhunt.<ref name="BBC hunt">{{cite web |title=Hunt for terror suspect ex-soldier Daniel Khalife after Wandsworth prison escape |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66733660 |website=BBC News |access-date=6 September 2023 |date=6 September 2023}}</ref><ref name="NYT hunt">{{cite news |last1=Landler |first1=Mark |title=U.K. Police Hunt Terror Suspect Who Escaped London Prison |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/world/europe/london-prison-escape.html |access-date=6 September 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=6 September 2023}}</ref> It is believed that while dressed in a chef's uniform he escaped "by strapping himself to the bottom of a food delivery van".<ref name="BBC hunt" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Daniel Abed Khalife: Terror suspect escapes Wandsworth Prison |url=https://news.sky.com/story/urgent-police-appeal-as-terror-suspect-escapes-wandsworth-prison-12956202 |website=Sky News |access-date=6 September 2023 |language=en |date=6 September 2023}}</ref>


==Charges and imprisonment==
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In August 2021, Khalife was arrested on suspicion of breaching the ] but was ] and allowed to return to his army base.<ref name="Tele flee">{{cite news |last1=Evans |first1=Martin |last2=Hymas |first2=Charles |last3=Sawer |first3=Patrick |date=6 September 2023 |title=Escaped terror suspect may be trying to flee country |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/06/daniel-abed-khalife-escaped-wandsworth-prison-try-flee-uk/ |access-date=7 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907100455/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/06/daniel-abed-khalife-escaped-wandsworth-prison-try-flee-uk/ |archive-date=7 September 2023}}</ref> In January 2023, he was charged with terror and explosives offences and ] to ], a ] men's prison, to await his trial.<ref name="Sky charged">{{cite web |title=Serving member of British Army charged with terror and explosives offences |url=https://news.sky.com/story/serving-member-of-british-army-charged-with-terror-and-explosives-offences-12797138 |website=Sky News |access-date=6 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The offences related to two incidents in Staffordshire, one in August 2021 and one in January 2023.<ref name="Sky charged" />
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Khalife appeared before ] on 7 February 2023 where details of the accusations were set out, including that he left canisters with wires at ] on 2 January 2023 with the intent of "inducing in another the belief the item was likely to explode or ignite" and that he had accessed the ] to elicit personal information about soldiers "likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism" in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=British Army serviceman appears in court charged with terror offences |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-64556245 |website=BBC News |access-date=6 September 2023 |date=7 February 2023}}</ref> These offences were contrary to section 51 of the ] and contrary to section 58A of the ] respectively.<ref>{{cite news |title=British army member accused of ‘bomb hoax’ appears in court |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/28/british-army-member-accused-of-bomb-hoax-appears-in-court |access-date=6 September 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=28 January 2023}}</ref> He appeared at the ] on 21 July 2023 to enter his plea;<ref>{{cite web |title=What’s on at the Old Bailey on July 21 |url=https://old-bailey.com/2023/07/20/whats-on-at-the-old-bailey-on-july-21-2/ |website=Old Bailey Insight & Legal London |access-date=6 September 2023 |date=20 July 2023}}</ref> he pleaded not guilty to charges under the Official Secrets Act and the ].<ref name="Ind clinging">{{cite news |last1=Evans |first1=Holly |title=Soldier accused of planting fake bombs escapes from prison clinging to delivery van |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/daniel-abed-khalife-escape-wandsworth-prison-b2406494.html |access-date=6 September 2023 |work=The Independent |date=6 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref> His trial is due to begin on 13 November 2023.<ref name="BBC still on the run">{{cite web |title=Escaped prisoner Daniel Khalife still on the run |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66737715 |website=BBC News |access-date=7 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907104428/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66737715 |archive-date=7 September 2023 |date=7 September 2023}}</ref>

==Escape==
On 6 September 2023, he ] from ] where he was being held on remand.<ref name="BBC hunt" /><ref name="Sky urgent">{{cite web |last1=Vaughan |first1=Henry |last2=Robinson |first2=James |date=6 September 2023 |title=Daniel Abed Khalife: Terror suspect escapes Wandsworth Prison |url=https://news.sky.com/story/urgent-police-appeal-as-terror-suspect-escapes-wandsworth-prison-12956202 |access-date=6 September 2023 |website=Sky News |language=en}}</ref> He had been working in the prison kitchen and was wearing a chef's uniform consisting of a white t-shirt, red and white chequered trousers and brown steel-toe cap boots.<ref name="Ind clinging" /> The ] reported that he escaped "by strapping himself to the bottom of a food delivery van".<ref name="BBC hunt" /> A food supply vehicle had left the prison at 7:30 am and contingency plans for an "unaccounted prisoner" were activated at 7:50 am, including the lockdown of the prison and informing the police.<ref name="Times faces">{{cite news |last1=Hamilton |first1=Fiona |last2=Dathan |first2=Matt |last3=Gardham |first3=Duncan |last4=Woode |first4=David |title=Daniel Khalife: Wandsworth prison faces inquiry into terror suspect escape |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/daniel-khalife-wandsworth-prison-escape-pnjhnqqm6 |access-date=7 September 2023 |work=The Times |date=7 September 2023 |language=en |quote=The minister said the food supply vehicle that Khalife is believed to have used for his escape left Wandsworth prison at 7:30 am having undergone a series of manual security checks by prison staff on exit. Local contingency plans for an "unaccounted prisoner" were activated at 7:50 am, including informing the Metropolitan Police and the prison was put in a state of lockdown while staff attempted to determine where the van was. The vehicle and the driver was stopped and searched once it had been apprehended. Chalk said that "strapping" was found underneath the delivery vehicle, which may indicate Khalife held on to the underside of it to escape.}}</ref>

His escape sparked a police manhunt, and additional security checks at British airports and ports.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Booth |first1=Robert |title=Ex-soldier accused of terrorism flees London prison, sparking police hunt |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/06/soldier-daniel-abed-khalife-accused-terror-offences-escapes-london-prison-sparking-police-hunt |access-date=6 September 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=6 September 2023}}</ref> {{as of|2023|9|7}}, he remains at large.<ref>{{cite web |title=Daniel Khalife: Hunt for escaped prisoner enters second day |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-66728340 |website=BBC News |access-date=7 September 2023 |language=en-gb |date=7 September 2023}}</ref>

On 7 September 2023, ] MP, the Justice Secretary, ordered an investigation into the escape with a preliminary report being requested to ready by the end of the week. This will include investigating the vehicle in question, whether other prisoners could enact a similar escape and how Khalife was assigned to the kitchen, usually a "plum job" given to trusted prisoners, where he had access to knives and a potential escape route.<ref name="BBC How">{{cite web |title=Daniel Khalife: How did terror suspect break out of jail? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66743634 |website=BBC News |access-date=7 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907161318/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66743634 |archive-date=7 September 2023 |date=7 September 2023}}</ref>

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The Prison escape of Daniel Abed Khalife was the escape of a British former soldier and accused terrorist. On 6 September 2023, he escaped from HM Prison Wandsworth in London, triggering a manhunt. It is believed that while dressed in a chef's uniform he escaped "by strapping himself to the bottom of a food delivery van".

Charges and imprisonment

In August 2021, Khalife was arrested on suspicion of breaching the Official Secrets Act but was bailed and allowed to return to his army base. In January 2023, he was charged with terror and explosives offences and remanded to HM Prison Wandsworth, a Category B men's prison, to await his trial. The offences related to two incidents in Staffordshire, one in August 2021 and one in January 2023.

Khalife appeared before Westminster Magistrates' Court on 7 February 2023 where details of the accusations were set out, including that he left canisters with wires at MOD Stafford on 2 January 2023 with the intent of "inducing in another the belief the item was likely to explode or ignite" and that he had accessed the Joint Personnel Administration to elicit personal information about soldiers "likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism" in 2021. These offences were contrary to section 51 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 and contrary to section 58A of the Terrorism Act 2000 respectively. He appeared at the Old Bailey on 21 July 2023 to enter his plea; he pleaded not guilty to charges under the Official Secrets Act and the Terrorism Act. His trial is due to begin on 13 November 2023.

Escape

On 6 September 2023, he absconded from HM Prison Wandsworth where he was being held on remand. He had been working in the prison kitchen and was wearing a chef's uniform consisting of a white t-shirt, red and white chequered trousers and brown steel-toe cap boots. The BBC reported that he escaped "by strapping himself to the bottom of a food delivery van". A food supply vehicle had left the prison at 7:30 am and contingency plans for an "unaccounted prisoner" were activated at 7:50 am, including the lockdown of the prison and informing the police.

His escape sparked a police manhunt, and additional security checks at British airports and ports. As of 7 September 2023, he remains at large.

On 7 September 2023, Alex Chalk MP, the Justice Secretary, ordered an investigation into the escape with a preliminary report being requested to ready by the end of the week. This will include investigating the vehicle in question, whether other prisoners could enact a similar escape and how Khalife was assigned to the kitchen, usually a "plum job" given to trusted prisoners, where he had access to knives and a potential escape route.

References

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  2. Landler, Mark (6 September 2023). "U.K. Police Hunt Terror Suspect Who Escaped London Prison". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
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  4. Evans, Martin; Hymas, Charles; Sawer, Patrick (6 September 2023). "Escaped terror suspect may be trying to flee country". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Serving member of British Army charged with terror and explosives offences". Sky News. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  6. "British Army serviceman appears in court charged with terror offences". BBC News. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
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  9. ^ Evans, Holly (6 September 2023). "Soldier accused of planting fake bombs escapes from prison clinging to delivery van". The Independent. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
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  11. Vaughan, Henry; Robinson, James (6 September 2023). "Daniel Abed Khalife: Terror suspect escapes Wandsworth Prison". Sky News. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  12. Hamilton, Fiona; Dathan, Matt; Gardham, Duncan; Woode, David (7 September 2023). "Daniel Khalife: Wandsworth prison faces inquiry into terror suspect escape". The Times. Retrieved 7 September 2023. The minister said the food supply vehicle that Khalife is believed to have used for his escape left Wandsworth prison at 7:30 am having undergone a series of manual security checks by prison staff on exit. Local contingency plans for an "unaccounted prisoner" were activated at 7:50 am, including informing the Metropolitan Police and the prison was put in a state of lockdown while staff attempted to determine where the van was. The vehicle and the driver was stopped and searched once it had been apprehended. Chalk said that "strapping" was found underneath the delivery vehicle, which may indicate Khalife held on to the underside of it to escape.
  13. Booth, Robert (6 September 2023). "Ex-soldier accused of terrorism flees London prison, sparking police hunt". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  14. "Daniel Khalife: Hunt for escaped prisoner enters second day". BBC News. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  15. "Daniel Khalife: How did terror suspect break out of jail?". BBC News. 7 September 2023. Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
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