The trial of a former soldier accused of terror offences and escaping from HMP Wandsworth has been delayed.
Daniel Khalife was due to stand trial at Woolwich Crown Court on November 13 faces four counts, including the escaping from prison under a food delivery van in September.
But the trial has been delayed after a judge said the date was “wholly unrealistic”.
The 21-year-old appeared at the Old Bailey on Friday via video link from HMP Belmarsh wearing a blue and yellow tracksuit.
He spoke only to confirm his name, responding: “Yep.”
The judge, Mr Justice Jeremy Baker, heard submissions from prosecutor Alison Morgan KC that the crown needed more time to prepare the case against the former soldier.
The judge said: “It seems to me that on any basis the current trial date is wholly unrealistic in light of what we have discussed today.”
A new trial date will be considered at a further hearing on December 21. Khalife was remanded in custody.
Daniel Khalife at a previous court hearing (Elizabeth Cook/PA)— (PA Wire)
At a hearing last month pleaded not guilty to escaping from Category B HMP Wandsworth on 6 September by allegedly strapping himself to the underside of a food delivery vehicle.
He was arrested on a canal towpath in west London at 10.41am on September 9 after being pulled off a push bike by a plain-clothes counter-terrorism officer.
He had been in Wandsworth Prison awaiting trial after allegedly planting a fake bomb at an RAF base and gathering information that might be useful to terrorists or enemies of the UK.
He denied those charges at a previous hearing at the Old Bailey in July.
