Ex-soldier Daniel Khalife, accused of helping Iran, wanted to be MI6 ‘double agent’

Court told Khalife, 23, allegedly picked up money from Iranian handlers before contacting UK security services

A former British soldier accused of escaping prison by strapping himself to the underside of a delivery truck had contacted Iranian intelligence before offering to work as a “double agent” for MI6, his trial has heard.

Daniel Khalife, 23, is alleged to have contacted a well-known individual connected to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in 2019, before picking up an envelope containing £1,500 that was left by his Iranian handlers in a dog poo bag in a park in north London.