A former British soldier who claimed he was trying to work as a double agent has been convicted of passing on sensitive information to the Iranian intelligence service. Daniel Khalife was found guilty Thursday by a jury in Woolwich Crown Court on violations of the Official Secrets Act. He was cleared of planting a fake bomb in his barracks.
FILE - This is an undated file photo provided by the Metropolitan Police of Daniel Abed Khalife. Daniel Khalife, 23, was found guilty by a jury in Woolwich Crown Court on violations of Britain’s Official Secrets Act by collecting information useful to an enemy — Iran. He was cleared of a charge of planting fake bombs in his military barracks.
Prosecutors said Khalife played a “cynical game” by claiming he wanted to be a spy after he had delivered a large amount of restricted and classified material to Iran, including the names of special forces officers. 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 said he got from watching the TV show “Homeland.”
The former soldier snuck out of a London prison in September 2023 while awaiting trial on the spying charges. Hespent three days on the run and was ultimately nabbed on a canal path.
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