Khalife first contacted a man linked to Iranian intelligence soon after joining the British Army, his trial heard.

The 23-year-old was convicted of collecting secret information and passing it to Iranian agents while serving in Royal Corps of Signals

A former soldier who escaped from prison and went on the run for three days has been found guilty of spying for Iran.Daniel Khalife, 23, “exposed military personnel to serious harm” by collecting sensitive information and passing it to agents of the Middle Eastern country.

Daniel Khalife, who escaped prison while awaiting trial, has been convicted of passing information to the Iranian government.

Daniel Khalife also pleaded guilty to an escape from a London jail, strapped underneath a truck with a sling made of trousers, that embarrassed the British authorities.

A former British soldier whose escape from a London prison last year sparked a three day man-hunt has been found guilty of spying for Iran.

A former British soldier who escaped prison ahead of his trial was found guilty at a UK court on Thursday of spying for Iran but cleared of a bomb hoax charge.A jury at Woolwich Crown Court in southeast London found army soldier Daniel Khalife,

A former British soldier whose audacious escape from a London prison spurred a dayslong search was convicted on Thursday of passing on sensitive information to the Iranian intelligence service.