Daniel Khalife – live: Suspect used bed sheets to strap himself to van in Wandsworth prison escape, court hears

Daniel Abed Khalife appears before Westminster Magistrates’ Court charged with escaping from prison

Escaped terror suspect Daniel Khalife arrested in west London

Daniel Khalife used a material that may have been from “bed sheets” to strap himself to the underside of a van when he escaped from prison last week, a court has heard.

Khalife appeared before Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday after being captured and charged with escaping from prison. He was remanded in custody.

The suspected terrorist was arrested on a canal towpath in west London at 10.41am on Saturday after being pulled off a push bike by a plain-clothes counter-terrorism officer.

His detention brought a dramatic end to a 75-hour nationwide land and air manhunt after Khalife went missing from the prison on Wednesday.

Prior to his alleged escape, Khalife was on remand at HMP Wandsworth after being charged with terror offences in January.

The incident has highlighted inadequacies in the condition of the facility, with the chief inspector of prisons calling for it to be shut down.

Key Points

• Terror suspect used ‘bed sheets’ to strap himself to van
• Khalife arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court
• Daniel Abed Khalife charged by police after escaping Wandsworth prison
• Inmate stabbed at Wandsworth jail days after Daniel Khalife escape
• Khalife ‘had help’ to escape, says former prisons minister
• HMP Wandsworth had correct security protocols, suggests Justice Secretary

[11 September 2023 19:25 · Eleanor Noyce]

Terror suspect ‘who escaped prison using bedsheets found with bag of cash and Waitrose shopping’

A suspected terrorist accused of escaping prison by using bedsheets to strap himself to the underside of a lorry was found with a bag of cash and shopping from Waitrose, a court heard.

Former soldier Daniel Khalife, 21, was pushed off his bicycle by an undercover anti-terror officer as he rode along a canal towpath in Northolt, west London at 10.41am on Saturday.

Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard he was captured just over an hour cycle away from Wandsworth Prison carrying a sleeping bag and a Waitrose bag filled with food and drink as the nationwide manhunt went into its third day.

Barney Davies reports:

[11 September 2023 23:10 · Sam Rkaina]

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