A former British soldier who escaped from prison while awaiting trial and was later convicted of spying for Iran has been sentenced to more than 14 years behind bars. Daniel Khalife was convicted in November of violating the Official Secrets Act and Terrorism Act.
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Jurors in Woolwich Crown Court had rejected his testimony that he was trying to work for the U.K. as a double agent.. He was on the run for three days before police arrested him on a bicycle by a canal in London.Khalife’s lawyer, who argued his acts were more like a plot from “Scooby Doo” than a James Bond thriller, said his client had only passed along imprecise information, including “laughably fake” documents that caused no actual damage.
Khalife testified that he had been in touch with people in the Iranian government but that it was all part of a ploy to ultimately work as a double agent for Britain, a scheme he developed from watching the TV show “Homeland.”
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