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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
George Lithgow

Daniel Khalife: Boy soldier who thought he could be James Bond

Khalife made an audacious escape from HMP Wandsworth in 2023 (Metropolitan Police/PA) - (PA Media)

Daniel Abed Khalife was brought up with his twin sister in Kingston, south-west London, by his mother, who came from Iran.

He had limited contact with his Lebanese father, whom he said was “not a good man” and would “pop in and out, do some damage and then leave”.

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