What's the reporting like in Iran?
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I'd say he's overseas now too, wouldn't take much to get over from a small ferry port, the odd helicopter and country road - especially with help
I'm going to hazard a guess that it's probably not terribly reliable. I think the main channels are state owned so anything that doesn't suit their narrative will likely be censored.
Yeah I saw that too, he said he could've easily marked someone as present when they had actually escaped. It's quite scary. They keep talking about low staffing which contributed to him escaping but I don't see how they will get people to work in prisons. There needs to be a complete overhaul but it's impossible. I wouldn't want to work with violent people with not a lot of pay.
This is such an odd case. I think he’s probably left the country now
Yeah, apparently the old school prison guards were gotten rid of because they were deemed too expensive by the government, despite the fact they were far more effective. They were replaced with teenagers (no exaggeration) who did reduced training as by that time the need for boots on the ground was desperate.
Oh honestly, you'd think they'd have learned! This makes me so cross.Telegraph says someone escaped from Wandsworth in 2019 in a similar manner (recaptured shortly after though).
HMP Wandsworth had escape in 2019 almost identical to Daniel Khalife’s
Prison’s ex security chief says situation ‘incredibly embarrassing’ but ‘not surprising’ amid reports of ‘serious’ low staffing levelswww.telegraph.co.uk
Twitter thinks he's at the embassy. I know its twitter but seems logical.
The SAS guy was saying that he would likely stay low for few weeks before trying to leave the country.
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Iranian?
The name and appearance suggests some heritage from that part of the world, and Iran in particular are unlikely to trust anyone who doesn’t have a specific link to Iran beforehand.
Yeah. They're saying its not far. Diplomatic relationships are strained....?
I’ve just seen that as well!
His name seems to indicate Arabic rather than Iranian heritage. I wonder if he was caught in a sting operation where he was trying to sell to a high bidder and "Iran" was a taker rather than any direct link with Iran? Pure speculation on my part though, it goes without saying. But very interesting points throughout this thread.
3.5 miles from the roundabout where he was seen, 6’2 young man could run that in 20 minutes or picked up close by and zipped over the bridge. As you say, twitter, but possible.
Yeah, that would make a lot of sense! The coverage I saw suggested that if he approached Iran without a link then they’d be more inclined to think he was a double agent of some sort but I suppose it hasn’t said anywhere that he got anywhere with spying for them, maybe he was just trying to sell info to them.
If there's any truth in it, that'll be the embassy expelled. Think that was on the cards anyway.
The indépendant suggests his father is Iranian;
All we know about Daniel Khalife - Royal Signals soldier on the run from prison
Military computer engineer at large after escaping Wandsworth prison by clinging to food delivery van
"Khalif, a British citizen whose father is said to be Iranian, allegedly attempted to pass on the information to a foreign power, believed to be Iran, security sources told The Independent. They allege that he sought to “graduate” into spying with the material he had obtained from the MoD."
but BBC News says Lebanese heritage on his fathers side.
Who is Daniel Khalife? Profile of prisoner who escaped
BBC News speaks to people who knew terror suspect Daniel Khalife as he grew up in London.
www.bbc.com
"He is British and has Lebanese heritage on his father's side. His parents split up when he was young."
Send the SAS in … let’s get them abseiling down the sides of the embassy!
Surely the police must have a trail of cctv footage of him after he rolled out from the truck? Maybe they just aren’t releasing that info to the public yet?
I’m sure they know a lot more than they’re saying … well - one hopes they do.
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