Daniel Khalife joined the Army at 16 because he wanted “to feel what it would like to be free” after an upbringing with a “very, very strict” mother, a court has heard.
Giving evidence at Woolwich Crown Court on Wednesday, the 23-year-old told the jury that his Iranian mother was “a bit paranoid”, saying of his childhood: “It wasn’t abusive but it was different, being brought up in that environment.”
