A earlier soldier “congratulated” the policeman that caught him 3 days after he was implicated of leaving from jail, a court docket has really listened to.
Woolwich crown court docket on Friday listened to proof from the Metropolitan policeman, that claimed he clinched Daniel Khalife on a canal towpath in west London.
The plainclothes investigator sergeant, that was not referred to as in court docket, claimed he leapt out of his auto and diminished an alley to the canal.
“It was quite a fast-moving situation. I could see Khalife coming towards me on the footpath riding his bike with clothing matching the description. I was sure it was Daniel Khalife, I told him he was under arrest. I ran down the stairs, I pulled my Taser out,” he knowledgeable the court docket.
Khalife “flinched” when he noticed the gadget, nonetheless didn’t “have a chance to stop” because of the charge he was relocating at, the court docket listened to. “I grabbed hold of his arm and pulled him off of the bike on to the floor.”
The 23-year-old is said to have really run away from HMP Wandsworth in south London whereas on remand by strapping himself to the underside of a meals cargo truck on 6 September 2023. He was apprehended in west London on 9 September lugging a variety of merchandise, consisting of a Waitrose bag together with a cellphone, invoices, a journal and concerning ₤ 200 in notes, the court docket was knowledgeable.
Jurors have been revealed an image of Khalife after the apprehension, which revealed him remaining on the bottom placing on a white Tees, blue shorts and pink socks with out footwear on.
The Met policeman that captured the declared fugitive claimed he had really pushed within the directions of the place Khalife had really been recognized to aim to prosper of him. Once he overtook the earlier soldier, the police officer claimed he “did comply”, and was cuffed. The police officer was after that signed up with by associates, that stayed up Khalife and formally apprehended him.
Asked concerning Khalife’s method, the police officer claimed: “He was friendly towards me. Quite jovial. At no point did he try to resist. He was pleasant. He congratulated me on catching him.”
Asked by the safety lawyer, Gul Nawaz Hussain KC, if he had really knowledgeable Khalife: “Stop, or I’ll shoot,” the police officer responded: “No.” Asked if Khalife had really stop and are available by to the police officer willingly, previous to stating: “You’ve got me,” the investigator sergeant giggled and responded: “Complete and utter rubbish.”
The district legal professional, Mark Heywood KC, previously knowledgeable the court docket Khalife “quite deliberately escaped” after being accompanied to the kitchen space the place he labored.
On 6 September, Khalife had really been to Richmond, in south-west London, and mosted more likely to Mountain Warehouse, a clothes store. The following day, he was visualized in an M&S and Sainsbury’s, the court docket listened to. On the day of the apprehension, the earlier soldier was seen in a McDonald’s, his take a look at was knowledgeable.
His lack was discovered all through a head rely and afterwards all exercise within the jail was placed on maintain, the court docket was knowledgeable.
Khalife likewise offers with prices versus the Official Secrets Act and Terrorism Act, and is implicated of finishing up a bomb rip-off. He rejects each one of many prices.
The take a look at proceeds.
