Moment Daniel Khalife buys the Daily Mail to keep up with the latest news while 'spy' was on the run from prison
Daily MailOn-the-run Daniel Khalife bought a copy of the Daily Mail to read the latest on the police search for him, a court has been told. On-the-run prisoner Daniel Khalife picked up a copy of the Daily Mail to read the latest on the police search for him, CCTV shows A nationwide manhunt was launched in September last year after British soldier Khalife escaped from HMP Wandsworth while awaiting trial on allegations he was a spy for Iran. It was never my intention to be a free man and go on the run for ever.’ Khalife can also be seen picking up a change of clothes at a branch of Marks and Spencer and Mountain Warehouse, with his wardrobe rotating regularly while he was on the loose In another photograph, Khalife can be seen at a branch of McDonalds in Southall, London In a second image from the McDonalds store, Khalife appears to be looking at a mobile phone A photograph of a red T-shirt found with Khalife on the day that he was arrested by police Khalife told officers that he gets more nervous buying a Mars bar than he did escaping from prison but he admitted he didn’t ‘realise how unbelievably dangerous it was’ to cling to the bottom of the lorry. Khalife is seen on CCTV preparing to slip out of custody while working in the kitchens at HMP Wandsworth - triggering a huge nationwide manhunt He attached a 'makeshift sling' to the underside of a food delivery lorry and stowed himself there as the oblivious driver leaves the prison estate Jurors were shown CCTV of the dramatic moment British soldier Daniel Khalife escaped from prison while clinging to the bottom of the lorry This is an image of the sling attached by Khalife to the underside of the lorry by which he escaped from prison Escaped prisoner Daniel Khalife just moments after he was caught by police Khalife denies committing an act prejudicial to the safety or interests of the state, eliciting information about members of the armed forces, perpetrating a bomb hoax and escaping from lawful custody Eventually he was intercepted by a plain-clothes officer on the Grand Union Canal in Northolt on September 9 after he was spotted cycling. Khalife allegedly complained to police in interviews that he had been put on the prison ‘paedophile wing’ for his own safety because a terrorist inmate was trying to kill British soldiers.