Daniel Khalife, a former soldier, was found guilty of espionage for Iran after escaping from prison in 2023. He admitted to gathering classified military data and special forces personnel names, though he claimed most of the documents were fake. He was acquitted of making a bomb threat and his actions could have endangered Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
A former soldier whose prison escape sparked a huge manhunt in 2023 has been convicted of spying for Iran but cleared of carrying out a bomb hoax.
Khalife covertly gathered the names of serving soldiers, including those in special forces. Woolwich crown court heard that he took a photo of a handwritten list of 15 service personnel who included members of the Special Air Service and Special Boat Service, having been sent an internal spreadsheet of promotions in June 2021.
Prosecutors said he acted recklessly in sending the document and could have caused “consequences” for Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was freed only after ministers agreed to settle a £400m debt dating back to the 1970s. When police arrested him and searched his room at MoD Stafford in January 2022, they found a number of “completely fake” documents in digital and paper form purporting to be from MPs, senior military officials and the security services. Prosecutors say Khalife made sure there was no record of what documents were sent.
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