Former British soldier and terrorism suspect Daniel Khalife pleaded not guilty Thursday to escaping HMP Wandsworth prison. File Photo by Metropolitan Police
Daniel Khalife, a former soldier who escaped from Britain’s HMP Wandsworth prison, pleaded not guilty Thursday to escaping custody.
Khalife, 21, appeared at London’s Old Bailey courthouse via video link and spoke only to enter his plea. Advertisement
“I am not guilty,” he told the court.
He was initially arrested after being accused of leaving fake bombs at a British military base and faced charges under both the Terrorism Act and the Official Secrets Act for allegedly working on behalf of a foreign hostile state while at the Ministry of Defense’s Stafford station.
He allegedly used bed sheets to strap himself beneath a food delivery vehicle to escape Sept. 6 and was recaptured by a plains-clothes counterterrorism officer while riding a bike on a west London canal towpath.
Khalife faces trial Nov. 13 and his next court appearance is Oct. 13 at the Old Bailey.
