{"id":118716,"date":"2023-09-07T09:23:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T09:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uklevitrasupport.com\/?p=118716"},"modified":"2023-09-07T09:23:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T09:23:35","slug":"inside-terror-suspects-brazen-prison-break-more-like-something-out-of-ww2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uklevitrasupport.com\/world-news\/inside-terror-suspects-brazen-prison-break-more-like-something-out-of-ww2\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside terror suspect’s brazen prison break ‘more like something out of WW2’"},"content":{"rendered":"
A terror suspect who broke out of a UK prison managed to blindside jail staff with an "old-fashioned ploy" like something out of a "World War Two film", an ex-cop slammed.<\/p>\n
Daniel Abed Khalife, 22, was awaiting trial for terror and Official Secrets Act offences when he escaped from Wandsworth Prison on Wednesday morning (September 6), the Metropolitan Police said.<\/p>\n
The escaped inmate, who had served in the British Army, made the jailbreak by clinging upside down to the underside of a delivery truck as it left the southwest London penitentiary.<\/p>\n
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"It is utterly ridiculous he managed to escape so easily with such a basic old-fashioned ploy," ex-Met Police commander John O\u2019Connor told The Sun.<\/p>\n
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"Escaping by clinging to the underside of a van is the sort of thing you see in old World War Two films.<\/p>\n
"This sounds like something which could have happened at Colditz rather than a modern prison. It makes the prison service look like a laughing stock."<\/p>\n
Khalife was working in the prison kitchen and made the dash after serving breakfast to his fellow lags.<\/p>\n
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He made his way to the delivery area at around 7.50am before hiding under the van and securing himself with makeshift straps.<\/p>\n
After Khalife's disappearance was noticed a manhunt was launched and the prison went into lockdown but staff and police were unable to locate him.<\/p>\n
A "national incident" has since been declared and Border Control were placed on high alert.<\/p>\n
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Extra ID checks are now in place and travellers can expect long queues at airports across the UK, <\/span>as the Daily Star reported yesterday.<\/p>\n
Khalife was charged with collecting information, notes and documents which would be "useful to the enemy".<\/p>\n
It is understood the former solider, who was based at Beacon Barracks in Beaconside, Stafford, took soldier details from the MoD personnel files which would be "useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism".<\/p>\n
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He was also accused of carrying out a bomb hoax after he allegedly left "three canisters with wires" on a desk at RAF Stafford on January 2, 2023.<\/p>\n
He was discharged from the British Army back in April and was due to stand trial on November 20 after a bail application was turned down.<\/p>\n
The escapee was last seen wearing a white T-shirt, red and white chequered trousers and brown steel toe cap boots, and was described as being slim with brown hair and around 6ft 2in tall.<\/p>\n
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Khalife is not considered dangerous but members of the public have been warned not to approach him and call 999 if they spot him.<\/p>\n
Khalife has links to the Kingston-upon-Thames and it is thought he probably remains in the London area, although he may have travelled further afield.<\/p>\n
The Prison Service said: "We are working with the Metropolitan Police to recapture this prisoner and are urgently investigating how he escaped."<\/p>\n
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