The Trial of Daniel Khalife

In this episode, Caroline and Jack bring you the closing speeches of the prosecution and defence, as the jury in the trial of Daniel Khalife retired to consider their verdicts.

Prosecutor Mark Heywood KC claimed Daniel Khalife endangered national security with his one-man spying mission, but Gul Nawaz Hussain KC, for the defence, told jurors that the only person he hurt was himself.

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In this episode, Caroline and Jack bring you the end of Daniel Khalife’s cross-examination by the prosecution in which he strenuously denied that he wanted help from agents of Iran after he escaped from prison. The episode also features the evidence of a defence expert who said the supposedly sensitive documents Daniel Khalife had been passing to the Iranians would have been effectively useless to them.

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A quick Trial Update from Caroline and Jack after Daniel Khalife's three days in the witness box. 

These short bonus episodes won't replace our usual longer episodes which will drop into your feeds as usual, they're just bite-sized updates from court. 

In this one Daniel Khalife says during his time as a "double agent" he was acting like a mad man at times - thinking he could be James Bond. He also denies that the Iranians had anything to do with his prison break. 

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In this episode Caroline and Jack have the moment Daniel Khalife changed his plea to Guilty and admitted escaping from Wandsworth Prison strapped under a food delivery van. 

He was cross examined in the witness box by the prosecutor Mark Heywood about the spying charges he still denies. He said he was a patriot and did not deserve to be sent to Belmarsh Prison.

He admitted he had made mistakes, and he had told lies but he wasn't a terrorist. 

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In this episode Caroline and Jack have Daniel Khalife's evidence about why he escaped from Wandsworth Prison - he said it was so he would be classified as a high-risk prisoner and better protected from some of the most serious offenders. 

During his evidence to the jury at Woolwich Crown Court he said he used kitchen trousers which he clipped to the underside of a food delivery lorry to create an escape sling. He was then on the run for three days.

He also said he tried on several occasions to tell MI5 and MI6 that he was acting as a double agent by sending worthless information to Iran - but he was then arrested. 

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Caroline Cheetham and Jack Hardy are back with the very latest from Woolwich Crown Court as Daniel Khalife himself takes to the stand.

In this episode we bring you Khalife’s testimony. We hear about his parents, his upbringing, the reasons he joined the military and the justification for some of his actions that brought him to court. We hear how he used Wikileaks and the CIA website to create fake documents to pass to Iranian agents. Daniel Khalife claims this was to further Britain’s national interests and to expose Iran’s intelligence officers working within the UK.

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Caroline Cheetham and Jack Hardy are back with the very latest from Woolwich Crown Court in The Trial of Daniel Khalife.

In this episode we bring you the details of Khalife’s alleged escape. We hear how he clung to the bottom of a food lorry which prison guards allowed to leave HMP Wandsworth despite knowing a prisoner was missing. The man-hunt that ensued was one of the most

high-profile and expansive in recent history. In police interviews, Khalife expresses his fears he has ‘pissed off’ the whole country as the search disrupts international travel but adds that turning himself in would have been ‘boring’.

Welcome to Episode 5: The Escape

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In light of the Not Guilty verdict for firearms officer Martyn Blake, join us for

the final episode of this series as we discuss the fallout of this landmark

case. This includes today's announcement from the Home Secretary that there will

now be a presumption of anonymity for all firearms officers facing trial over

shooting in the course of duty up to the point of conviction.

Mark Williams, Chief Executive of the Police Firearms Officers Association talks to

Caroline and George about how important this will be for protecting officers who discharge guns in the course of duty in the future and the impact of the trial on Martyn Blake, other firearms officers and their families.

Welcome to Episode 7: What Now?

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The jury have returned a Not Guilty verdict for firearms officer Martyn Blake. But what of Chris Kaba, the man he shot? In this episode we delve into the 24 year old’s criminal past which we weren't allowed to report during the trial.

Kaba was a member of one of South London’s most notorious and dangerous county lines drug gangs. His convictions date to when he was just 13 years old. Had he not died from the bullet fired by Martyn Blake he would have been standing trial for attempted murder himself for a shooting in a nightclub in Hackney. 

Rebecca Camber, the Daily Mail’s Crime and Security Editor joins Caroline to unpack the details.

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Sgt Martyn Blake of the Metropolitan Police has been found Not Guilty of the murder of Chris Kaba. Join Caroline Cheetham and George Odling with the very latest from The Old Bailey as the jury reach their verdict in this historic case.

In September of 2022, a 24 year old was shot through his car windscreen by a Metropolitan Police firearms officer. Chris Kaba died in hospital that night and Martyn Blake was put on trial for his murder. The CPS’s decision to prosecute led to over 300 officers handing in their gun permits.

In this episode we chart the jury’s path to returning the not guilty verdict and speak to former Chief Crown Prosecutor Nazir Afzal, about how decisions to charge are made.

Welcome to Episode 5: Not Guilty

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