Daniel Abed Khalife, the runaway soldier turned suspected terrorist, escaped from class B jail HMP Wandsworth final week, triggering a nationwide manhunt that ultimately noticed him caught
Runaway prisoner Daniel Khalife reportedly made an odd comment to a canine walker, who he ended up chatting to while evading the legislation.
The ex-soldier turned suspect terrorist shortly grew to become probably the most needed man within the UK after he escaped from Category B jail HMP Wandsworth final Wednesday. Aged 21, he was being held on remand forward of a trial in November on expenses referring to terrorism and the Official Secrets Act. He had allegedly planted three faux bombs at an RAF base and gathered data that is perhaps helpful to a terrorist, allegations that he denied.
But, final week he strapped himself to the underside of a meals supply van and vanished into busy London rush hour, triggering a nationwide manhunt for him. After 75 hours on the run, he was caught in west London, hauled off a motorcycle by plain-clothed officers. But while out of jail, the day earlier than being caught, Khalife ended up chatting to a random member of the general public.
Gabrielle Lewis stated the ex-soldier approached her and requested her for the time as she sat on a bench at Chiswick House and Gardens, in West London. During their temporary interplay, she stated that he appeared to really look “very clean” for somebody on the run, however his ear regarded prefer it had a bit lacking, or cut up.
The runaway squaddie made the unusual remark, telling her that he had simply left the military, as they made well mannered small discuss. Speaking to The Sunthe 52-year-old stated she had seen his injured ear had been badly stitched up with what gave the impression to be fishing line.
After he sat down subsequent to her, she stated: “So to break the ice I said, ‘Lovely day, isn’t it?’. He replied, ‘I’ve just got out of the Army’, which I thought was a strange way to start a conversation. I just said, ‘Oh. That’s good’. I thought if he had just left the Army he might have post-traumatic stress disorder, so I was trying to be nice to him.”
Khalife was ultimately caught in Northolt, round 12 miles from his jail, round 11am on Saturday 9 September. That morning, officers swarmed the realm after quite a lot of stories of sightings. Officers have been seen stopping and checking vehicles within the space with cops asking residents for his or her IDs and looking out in automobile boots on Church Street and Chiswick Lane South.
Armed law enforcement officials have been additionally seen looking up and down the street, in keeping with stories from the scene. A police boat was noticed on the River Thames near the roads, and police dogs have additionally been on the scene. Khalife had escaped jail carrying the chef’s garments he had been working in, however had at one level modified and was ultimately arrested carrying a white shirt, shorts and trainers.
During the arrest that introduced the dramatic four-day hunt to an finish, an officer shouted: “Don’t transfer or we’ll shoot” as they lastly caught the jailbreak terror suspect, who was heard crying: “It’s not me! I ain’t finished something” as he was wrestled to the bottom earlier than his arms have been tied collectively. Officers perched on a grassy verge behind a wall earlier than pouncing at 10.41am on Saturday morning.
Student Ethan Andrews, 20, noticed the arrest and was left shocked after Khalife regarded up at him and winked. When he was lastly nabbed, he had a cool bag and sleeping bag with him.
