The trial of former soldier Daniel Khalife, who’s accused of passing delicate info to Iranian intelligence, has been delay following his alleged jail escape.
The 22-year-old was attributable to go on trial on November 13 however at a listening to on Friday Mr Justice Jeremy Baker stated that was “wholly unrealistic” and put the case again.
Khalife is charged below the Official Secrets and techniques Act of gathering info that is likely to be helpful to an enemy of the UK between Might 1 2019 and January 6 2022.
The prosecution alleges Khalife handed delicate materials to Iranian intelligence and had extra materials in his possession for that objective, which he denies.
The cost in opposition to him says that for a “objective prejudicial to the protection or pursuits of the state” he “obtained, circulated, recorded, printed or communicated to some other particular person notes, paperwork or info” which is likely to be or have been supposed to be straight or not directly helpful to an enemy.
A second cost alleges Khalife elicited details about armed forces personnel on August 2 2021.
This allegedly pertains to him “acquiring private info from the MoD (Ministry of Defence) Joint Personnel Administration system of a sort more likely to be helpful to an individual committing or making ready an act of terrorism”.
He’s additionally charged with perpetrating a bomb hoax on or earlier than January 2.The cost says he positioned “three canisters with wires on a desk in his lodging” to spark fears it was “more likely to explode or ignite and thereby trigger private harm or injury to property”.
Whereas on remand on these costs at Wandsworth jail in south Londonit is alleged Khalife escaped on September 6 by strapping himself to the underside of a meals supply lorry.
He was arrested on a canal towpath in west London on September 9 after being pulled off a push bike by a plain-clothes counter-terrorism officer.
The defendant has denied all the costs in opposition to him.
On Friday, he appeared on the Previous Bailey by video hyperlink from Belmarsh jail carrying a blue and yellow jumpsuit.
Throughout the listening to, Mr Justice Jeremy Baker stated the deliberate trial date at Woolwich Crown Courtroom in November was “wholly unrealistic”.
He set an extra listening to for December 21, when a brand new trial date at both Woolwich Crown Courtroom or the Previous Bailey will probably be mentioned.
Khalife, who spoke solely to verify his identification, was additional remanded into custody.