(BBC) The former British Army soldier accused of spying for Iran and escaping from prison has told a court he agreed to travel to the Middle Eastern country but “purposefully sabotaged the operation.”
Giving evidence at his trial at Woolwich Crown Court, Daniel Khalife said he flew to Turkey in August 2020 and was meant to travel onwards to Tehran.
But Mr Khalife said he told his Iranian handlers that he was too frightened to do so.
Prosecutors allege Mr Khalife collected sensitive military information for Iran, and later hid underneath a food truck to escape Wandsworth prison in south-west London on 6 September 2023. He denies the charges.
