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George Lithgow

'My mother took me to Iran to bring me down to earth' - spy-accused ex-soldier

Daniel Khalife was taken on a month-long trip to Iran to bring him “down to earth” when he was a badly behaved teenager, a court has heard.

The 23-year-old, who joined the Army to escape his “very strict” upbringing, had been misbehaving in school when his mother decided to teach him a lesson, Woolwich Crown Court heard.

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