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Daniel Khalife: Soldier who allegedly broke out of jail contacted Iranian agent over Facebook, court hears

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Daniel Khalife told police he had always wanted to work in intelligence.

The 23-year-old approached an Iranian agent over Facebook, Woolwich Crown Court told.

He said he got "a bit of a thrill" out of trying to be a double agent but struggled to gain the Iranians ' trust.

He told officers he made fake top secret documents and told them he worked for a " Gucci " unit.

Jurors were told that in a second interview, he added: "All of the plans I had to work in the intelligence community in this country, that is what I wanted and it just didn't work out" He told the police that he was "just itching for you guys to do this because I didn't want to carry on anymore" "I didn't know what to do, I was just so f

king stuck and then this happens," he said.

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