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00:00Thank you for joining us today for our final week of this series of Crimewatch Live.
00:28Yeah, but over the past fortnight, your calls have been flooding in, so thank you so much to everyone who's been in touch with us.
00:36Yeah, they really have. This morning, we have the exclusive story of one of the biggest manhunts in the Mets history.
00:42This is when prisoner Daniel Khalif tied himself underneath a food truck and escaped.
00:49I immediately knew that this was going into a manhunt. He posed a very real threat to national security.
00:55I don't think anybody should underestimate Daniel Khalif.
01:01The National Crime Agency will be talking about their clampdown on criminals who set up shop on the high street.
01:09And do you recognise this man, Wiltshire Police, need to find him in connection to a serious sexual assault?
01:17Do get in touch with us and share our appeals.
01:22You can find all our contact details by scanning the QR code.
01:26Our number to call is 08000 468 999.
01:31You can also text us on 633 99.
01:35Start with the word crime, leave a space and then write your message.
01:38And finally, you can email us, cwl at bbc.co.uk.
01:44Our first appeal today is about a burglary where a family who'd been stashing cash to help their kids get a good start in life literally lost everything.
01:54Earlier, I spoke to DS Jason Wheeler from Bedfordshire Police.
01:57But first, this is what happened.
02:02£150,000.
02:05£50,000 worth of jewellery.
02:08The victims were very distressed.
02:12It's massively affected them, the spreadful circumstances.
02:20My name's Kevin Howes.
02:22I'm a detective with Bedfordshire Police and I currently work in the burglary department.
02:26On Tuesday, the 10th of September, 2024, Bedfordshire Police received a report of a burglary at a family home, which occurred after the occupants had left for work.
02:41Somebody had broken into the house during the day and stolen a substantial sum of money and a substantial amount of jewellery.
02:49The amount of property stolen was £150,000 in various denominations, in £1,000 bundles.
02:59The jewellery amount was £50,000.
03:03Again, a substantial amount that was being gifted to the family over a period of time.
03:07The house is a modest mid-terrace townhouse, and these houses have rear alleyways for rear access.
03:19We believe that the suspect or suspects involved have gained access by breaking the lock on the back door.
03:26They've gone directly to the master bedroom, targeted the wardrobe with the cash and jewellery in it.
03:32The remainder of the house was undisturbed, so they knew where they were going and what they were looking for, I would suspect.
03:41They've carried out their burglary and exited by the front door, simply walking down the road with the property in a rucksack, which is taken from the house as well.
03:51Police began investigating through conducting house-to-house inquiries and gathering footage from nearby CCTV cameras.
04:04We obtained CCTV from a residential property on the Eastford Road at 9.36 on the 10th of September,
04:13which shows the suspect walking away from the offence location, male wearing dark clothing, quite distinctive trainers, carrying a large bulky rucksack.
04:25He then walks into an alleyway where, again, we pick him up on further CCTV, where he can be heard talking to somebody on a mobile phone.
04:36He's talking in Romanian, and the translation of that is words to the effect of,
04:47I've never seen anything like that in my life, I don't know what or I don't know how to do now.
04:52And there's a suggestion of a little huff or a laugh before he walks off of that camera.
04:57The fact that the individual is heard to be talking on his phone in Romanian is quite significant.
05:07It could suggest that somebody from the local Romanian community clearly is aware or has knowledge of the offence.
05:18In an effort to identify the man captured on CCTV around the time police believe the offence occurred,
05:25detectives reviewed footage from Monday the 9th of September, the day before the burglary.
05:34We managed to obtain town centre CCTV footage, which showed two people who we believe may be connected.
05:44The two males on the 9th, who we believe are together, are hanging around and loitering in and out of the road
05:53where the burglary was committed for over an hour period of time.
05:58There's no reason for those people to be in that area at that time if they're not acting together.
06:07One of those people was wearing the same clothing, same dark clothing, same distinctive trainers
06:13as the male that we identified walking away from the property on the day of the burglary.
06:19The burglary has had a devastating impact on the victims.
06:33I feel terrified by what has happened and do not feel safe in my own home.
06:39I hate being alone at home and burst into tears for no reason.
06:42I feel like my wings have been clipped, taking away my ability to focus on work when I'm there
06:49and my family responsibilities.
06:52I struggle to be motivated and feel that 15 years of hard work have been taken away.
07:00Burglaries affect victims in a number of ways.
07:03It's quite a traumatic experience.
07:07Some victims never get over it.
07:08Their property's been invaded.
07:11People have been through their personal stuff, taken sentimental items.
07:17The victims are very passionate people, hardworking, passionate people,
07:21and it's massively affected them and their life plans, really.
07:26The £150,000 that was stolen, it's a collection of family savings, so not just the victims,
07:36but belong to the victims' brother and nephews as well.
07:41A large portion of that was going to be used to put the victim's son through training
07:48so that he could become an aircraft pilot.
07:50That dream is now shattered for them.
07:52There was also a substantial amount that was being used for the victim's nephew,
07:57who was recently married, to start a new family home for him and his young family.
08:02Again, that's been taken away from them as well.
08:06So in terms of the jewellery, £50,000 worth has been gifted through the family.
08:12It was sentimental, yeah, very much so.
08:14Very unlikely that they're going to see that again.
08:16So it's been a real kind of traumatic time for them to come to terms with.
08:27I'm joined now by DS Jason Wheeler of Bedfordshire Police.
08:31Jason, this is a huge amount of money and valuables that were kept inside this family home.
08:37Some viewers may wonder why it was kept in that way.
08:41It's quite unusual.
08:41Yes, £150,000 was stolen in cash, along with £50,000 worth of jewellery.
08:50See some of the images of the cash there.
08:52This is the actual cash that was stolen.
08:54But there is a reason why it was kept in this home the way it was.
08:57Yes, the family was keeping the family's money together.
09:01So, and they kept it in a wardrobe in their upstairs bedroom.
09:08And that's the way that they wanted to save their money.
09:12It was...
09:13For cultural reasons.
09:15That's right.
09:15One of the things.
09:16But there was a good reason why certainly a lot of that money was being kept the way it was,
09:21as what it was intended for.
09:22Yes, obviously they're devastated.
09:24They were saving for their son, who really wants to be a pilot.
09:28And they were saving for that reason.
09:30Yeah, a lot of the money was for that.
09:31It really is very, very sad.
09:33But you've mentioned the wardrobe.
09:34You've mentioned where it was kept.
09:35And do you think the suspects actually knew that that's where the cash was being kept?
09:40Yes, it's a terraced property in Bedford.
09:42And the offender, he broke into the back door and then targeted straight upstairs into that bedroom.
09:52None of the house was searched, which is unusual.
09:55Very unusual.
09:55I mean, you would have gone to countless burglaries throughout your career.
09:58And very often the entire home is ransacked, isn't it, to find something of value.
10:03But in this case, it was just that bedroom that was targeted.
10:06Almost like they knew what was up there.
10:09So, Jason, can you just remind us when and where this took place?
10:12Yeah, this took place in Bedford on Eastfield Road, which is a terraced, as you see, Terrace Street there.
10:20It occurred on the 10th of September at half past nine in the morning.
10:25And we can see the white line there is the direction.
10:28We believe the suspects left in that direction there.
10:34And you believe there's two people that have been caught on camera that might have some information about this case.
10:41You want to identify these two here.
10:43Let's just freeze that image and just talk us through what we're seeing here, Jason.
10:47That's right. On the 9th of September, around the same time, about half past nine in the morning, as the burglary afterwards,
10:54these two males appear to be walking up and down this street, College Street, and they appear to communicate with each other.
11:01I know you want to draw particular attention to the trainers that one of these males was wearing there.
11:07We can see those in the middle of the screen.
11:10Because there's another clip of CCTV, this time the following day, so the day of the burglary itself, very close to where it occurred.
11:18And talk us through what we're seeing here.
11:20That's right. We believe this to be the offender on the phone, walking away from the offence location.
11:25The trainers he's wearing look very similar to the ones on the day before.
11:30They're quite distinctive.
11:31He's wearing a rucksack with red straps, and it looks quite bulky, and we believe that the money and jewellery is in that rucksack, which was also taken from the house.
11:44Yeah, quite a distinctive rucksack.
11:45As you say, one very, very similar, if not the one, was taken from that address on this person at the time.
11:53And as you say, it looks bulky.
11:54Could well have the cash inside it whilst that image was captured there.
11:58So we need to find out who that was.
12:01It really is a significant piece of CCTV, that, isn't it, for many reasons.
12:05Not just what they were wearing, what they were saying as well.
12:08That's right.
12:08When the suspect walks off, he's on the phone.
12:12The CCTV, you can hear that he's talking on the phone, and it's in a Romanian language.
12:19And what he says is, I've never seen so much.
12:23What do I do now, you know?
12:24So it's been translated, and that's what he's actually saying.
12:29I've never seen so much.
12:30There could be real significance behind that.
12:33We believe he's talking about the money and jewellery.
12:36Yeah, so we need to find out who he is just to answer some questions about that, to find out what exactly has gone on.
12:42Jason, thank you.
12:43We really do hope the family are reunited with their life savings.
12:48It must be absolutely devastating for them.
12:50If you know anything about this, please do get in touch.
12:55Well, I'm now joined by Detective Superintendent Jeff Smith from Wiltshire Police with an important appeal for a really traumatic crime.
13:03Thank you so much for coming in to talk about it.
13:06Thank you for helping.
13:06Yeah, this is, I know it's got the victim support behind this case, but this is about a serious sexual assault, isn't it?
13:13Yeah, we're looking to identify a man for a serious sexual assault that we think occurred between April and May 2022 in the Swindon area.
13:24Yeah, so this was an assault on a woman, wasn't it?
13:26On a woman, yeah.
13:27Now, we're not going to go into the details of the assault, but we do want to give some details about the man that you would like to speak to around this.
13:35And we've got some pictures, haven't we, to show?
13:37Yes, we have.
13:38Shall we have a look at those?
13:39Yeah. So, as you can see, he's a white man. He's a heavy, sort of big build, quite hairy, bald head.
13:52And there's a number of little, we believe, a number of little scars on the back of his head, which could be quite distinctive.
13:57Yeah.
13:57And then some of the other images you can see, he's got quite predominant lips and facial shape.
14:02Yes, because his profile is quite distinct, isn't it? So maybe people might recognise that.
14:07Might recognise that.
14:07Yeah. So there's some features there, like you say, the scarring on the back of the head, the fact he's quite big and hairy.
14:15There's a significant tattoo as well, isn't there? Shall we have a look at that?
14:19Yeah. So, in the tattoo.
14:20So there's quite a big tattoo on his chest.
14:24So, I appreciate someone in his family might know him, but we would urge you to, if you know of a male with this tattoo, to come forward and help us with our investigation.
14:35Yeah.
14:35It's really important.
14:36Yes, it really is. And obviously, these pictures are quite graphic in the sense of you seeing this man topless, but this is so important for you to find.
14:44It's very important, isn't it? Yeah. And, you know, there have been some arrests already, haven't they, connected to this case?
14:52Yeah. We've made a number of arrests so far, but we haven't identified this particular male, so we really would be keen to speak to him.
14:57So you really want to speak to this guy. And the reason we're doing this today with the full support of the victim is because this has had such an impact on her life.
15:05It has, yeah. So the victim's receiving specialist care from our support services to help her through this, and she's shown incredible bravery by agreeing to this appeal.
15:15Yeah, she really has, because she's given us a statement as well. I'm just going to read this to you because I think it speaks for itself.
15:21The victim told us, I jump constantly at noises, movements, and even shadows. I wake up having recurring nightmares that someone is there touching me, and although I'm screaming, no sound comes out, and nobody is coming to save me.
15:38I try to survive each day and hope that the next day is better. It feels like it never ends. I mean, that just shows you the impact on her life.
15:48Absolutely. It shows why it's so important that we speak to this male. It really is very powerful.
15:56Yeah, and she's so brave as well in talking about all this. But as you said, being fully supported by all of us.
16:02Yeah, specialist support staff.
16:04Yeah. Well, thank you so much for coming in. Let's hope we can find who this man is. If you do recognise him, he could be from Swindon or further afield, then please get in touch.
16:14Have a look at those pictures and share them, of course, as well. You can scan our QR code or use the contact details just down by the clock there.
16:22Also, I should just add organisations that can provide support with issues like this one can be found at bbc.co.uk forward slash action line.
16:31Later on, we will be talking to Julia Pennington, who's trying to put the brakes on the cycle of re-offending by looking at people's past trauma.
16:46Now, though, we have an exclusive film for you with the counter-terrorism command on a case that has dominated the headlines.
16:53This is when 21-year-old former soldier Daniel Kalief sparked a nationwide manhunt after literally bursting out of prison.
17:03A manhunt has been launched after a terrorist suspect escaped.
17:07There is a concern that he might try to escape the country.
17:11Daniel Kalief posed a very real threat to national security.
17:15It was a dream to be a real spy, to be James Bond, become a double agent.
17:21I am better than everybody here. I am more intelligent than everybody here.
17:26Everyone wants to find him.
17:28So the race is really on now.
17:36Commander Dominic Murphy is head of the Mets counter-terrorism squad.
17:41I lead a team of specialist detectives and police staff who are involved in responding to threats from counter-terrorism
17:50or national security investigations.
17:52Many of those officers live in the shadows.
17:55Their identities secret.
17:58My role is one of the senior investigating officers within counter-terrorism policing,
18:04investigating national security matters within the UK.
18:07More than 20% of our demand now comes from investigations that relate to foreign states that wish to do us harm.
18:18At any one time, the team have a number of terrorism suspects in prison awaiting trial.
18:24On September the 6th, 2023, one of those suspects triggers an alert.
18:32We were in the office just after 8am when I received a phone call.
18:39And they said that one of your suspects has escaped from HMP Wandsworth.
18:43Then they told me it was Daniel Khalif.
18:46And that's really when I realised I probably wouldn't be going home for a few days.
18:51Daniel Khalif is a 21-year-old former British soldier.
18:55But counter-terrorism commands suspect he is a spy for the Iranian government.
19:01Being familiar with Daniel Khalif, I immediately knew that this was going into a manhunt.
19:07He was an individual who posed a very real threat to national security.
19:11With a suspected spy on the loose in the nation's capital,
19:18Commander Dominic Murphy decides to ask the British people for help.
19:22I would ask the public, don't approach him directly, call 999.
19:26Ultimately, the public are going to be the key to finding Daniel Khalif anywhere he might be in the UK.
19:32A manhunt has been launched after a terrorist suspect escaped.
19:36Police describe their investigation as fast-moving and dynamic.
19:39The nation holds its breath as a chilling cat-and-mouse chase begins.
19:46It soon becomes one of the largest manhunt operations in British history.
19:52Clearly it's incredibly urgent that this prisoner should be brought back to prison.
19:56And because of the nature of the charges, there is a concern that he might try to escape the country.
20:02Less than an hour after Khalif's escape, police make a key discovery.
20:08At 8.37am, they stop a catering lorry almost three miles from the prison.
20:13After searching it, they discover strapping tied to the underside of the vehicle.
20:20Daniel had tied a sling underneath that lorry and had climbed onto that sling.
20:26Detectives discover that the 21-year-old had secured a coveted job in the prison kitchens,
20:33which gave him access to the delivery vehicles.
20:36We know that the prison delivery lorry had arrived on that morning.
20:41When this delivery van came into the kitchen area to unload the goods,
20:46Daniel managed to sneak out of the kitchen into the courtyard area,
20:49where he wasn't allowed to or authorised to go and crawl underneath the van.
20:54As Daniel went through the double set of gates to leave the prison,
21:02there was a cursory check of the vehicle, but Daniel was quite well hidden.
21:08And so when the lorry left, Daniel wasn't discovered?
21:12And the all clear was given, and that vehicle slowly left through the main gate.
21:19By the time the truck was stopped, Daniel had already vanished.
21:24More than 150 officers and staff from the Metropolitan Police's Counter-Terrorism Unit
21:30are urgently trying to track down Daniel Khalif.
21:33The Border Force, Port and Airports are all on high alert.
21:38Easily over 200 officers were deployed on this investigation,
21:41and when you look at borders, that number's even much higher.
21:45Daniel was, in effect, a Terrorism Act and Official Secrets Act prisoner,
21:49and so no stone was going to be left unturned trying to find him.
21:58Police begin trawling through footage from London's vast network of CCTV.
22:03We were able to track the early movements of Daniel
22:06from the time he climbed out from underneath the lorry at the traffic lights.
22:10In this case, that was a core part of our ability to track his movements around London.
22:14But Daniel Khalif has military training and has no intention of being caught.
22:20CCTV, taken just hours after his escape,
22:24shows him wearing a face mask while stealing a cap from a shop in Richmond.
22:29It's clear he's trying to hide his identity.
22:32The following day, he's captured, buying new clothes from a shop in Q.
22:36And the ex-soldier has a big head start.
22:40Now, clearly, that's some time behind Daniel,
22:42so this is not a live feed.
22:44This is not us sitting in a control room.
22:46This is, you know, good, hard detective work to try and track his movements.
22:51And police believe their best chance of finding Daniel Khalif
22:55remains a tip-off from the public.
22:58We had numerous potential sightings.
23:01We had sightings down on the south coast.
23:04We had sightings up in the north-east.
23:06We had sightings around London in a host of locations.
23:10It's like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
23:13This is a young soldier who was quite innovative in how he did things
23:19and so had considered his plan quite carefully.
23:23A real cat-and-mouse moment where we were going from point to point,
23:27from call to call, to try and locate Daniel.
23:30But actually, we had no real idea where Daniel was.
23:39What a wild story.
23:40It is, isn't it?
23:41And we're going to see the dramatic conclusion of that massive manhunt
23:45later on in the programme.
23:47Now, though, we're looking at a crime that might be happening
23:50on a high street near you.
23:52Now, we're talking about businesses that look like normal shops,
23:56but in reality are a front for criminal activity.
24:00Yeah, on a big scale as well, because an estimated £12 billion a year
24:03is laundered in the UK.
24:05So we're now with Sal Melkey from the National Crime Agency
24:08to tell us more about a huge operation you and your team
24:12have been involved in, Sal, some morning.
24:14Can you also just clear up what, if someone's unfamiliar with the term,
24:18is money laundering?
24:20Yeah, hi both.
24:21So money laundering is just the process of making criminal money
24:24appear legitimate.
24:25So you'll hear the phrase washing money quite a lot.
24:28That essentially means trying to bring it into, I guess,
24:31a mainstream process, such as, for example, in this case,
24:34a cash-intensive business, and making that money appear legitimate.
24:37So running it through the tills, running it through the accounts,
24:40getting it into the banking system.
24:42And then to all intents and purposes, that money is clean money.
24:45It's gone through a shop.
24:46It's the profits of that shop.
24:48But what we know and what other people know is actually
24:50it's the proceeds of drugs, the proceeds of trafficking,
24:52and proceeds of some of the worst offences in our society.
24:55Yeah, lots of it.
24:56And you've been working on a huge scale with you and your team
24:59to crack down on these illegal businesses.
25:01Tell us about that, this operation.
25:03Yeah, so we set up something called Operation Machinise
25:05earlier this year.
25:07That's a national crime agency-led operation,
25:10but in partnership with the police, trading standards,
25:12immigration enforcement, and HMRC.
25:14And it's a big deal.
25:16We're trying to get our arms around a big problem,
25:19and that is money laundering on the high streets
25:22and trying to reverse the trend that we've seen in recent years.
25:25So a lot of criminal elements infiltrating our high streets,
25:28be that to money launder, as I explained,
25:30but also to evade tax and act as hubs for polycriminality.
25:33Yeah, I'm totally fascinated by this,
25:35because there are so many different types of businesses
25:38we're talking about.
25:39But we've got some footage as well, haven't we, of this?
25:41So tell us what's going on in this.
25:44Yeah, so in the first operational burst
25:46that was in over March and April this year,
25:48we raided hundreds of shops,
25:51and that led to 35 arrests.
25:53We seized a million pounds,
25:54and we also safeguarded 80 people.
25:57There was over a quarter of a million
25:59illegal cigarettes and vapes also seized.
26:03So you can see some of the contraband
26:05being taken by officers there.
26:07And obviously the illicit goods
26:09is the more visible part of the offence.
26:11And in the background,
26:12we're trying to unpick things like money laundering
26:14and other types of criminality
26:16that are being run out of these shops.
26:17Yeah, and obviously there's the obvious products
26:19which are out on shelves and things,
26:21but you also find in your investigation
26:23the secret compartments
26:25where other stuff's hidden too.
26:26Tell us about that,
26:27because we've got some footage.
26:28Yeah, so you can see these concealments,
26:31and the concealments can be used
26:33to store illicit goods,
26:35but they can also be used
26:36to stash cash, for example.
26:38So the proceeds of drugs,
26:39or in fact a stash of drugs themselves.
26:42And the dogs,
26:43the dogs are basically working that out.
26:48Yeah, that's right.
26:49So the dogs are great.
26:50They're very cute,
26:51but they also have a purpose,
26:52and that purpose is to sniff out things
26:54like illicit commodities,
26:56find cigarettes and things like that
26:57behind concealments,
26:58and find cash as well.
26:59Yeah, because obviously there's the products,
27:01the cash and things,
27:02but there's so much more criminality
27:04that you uncover from all this,
27:05isn't there?
27:06Yeah, that's right.
27:07So there is a pernicious,
27:09serious organised crime element to this.
27:12So the proceeds that are being washed
27:13through these shops are linked
27:15to some of the most horrible offences
27:16in our society.
27:18So human trafficking,
27:20drugs trafficking,
27:21other types of serious violence
27:23that it leads to on our streets,
27:25and just generally making the high street
27:27feel like an unsafe place.
27:29So we see lots of different types
27:30of criminality,
27:31and we also see lots of different types
27:33of premises being used.
27:35So that ranges from million pound premises
27:37in prime locations
27:38through to small shops
27:39on a high street in a town or a village.
27:41Why do you think it is
27:42that we're seeing more of these,
27:44or it certainly seems we're seeing
27:45more of these at the moment?
27:46Yeah, I mean, it's a great question.
27:48I think most people have seen
27:49an increase over the years
27:51in shops that maybe look
27:53a little bit suspicious to them,
27:55and there's a number of reasons for that.
27:56One is they're readily available.
27:59Two is, if you think about being a criminal,
28:01you often want to take
28:02the path of least resistance.
28:03So being able to set up a shop
28:04that appears legitimate,
28:07so take a barbershop, for example,
28:09to set that up,
28:09you need a pair of clippers and a chair.
28:12If you're a smart criminal,
28:13you can also run the supply chain.
28:14So you can also sell the clippers
28:16and sell the chair,
28:17and then you can create
28:18a more elaborate route
28:19to launder your money
28:20and make it harder for the police
28:22and National Crime Agency to find.
28:23Yeah, what blows my mind
28:25is the variety of shops
28:27we're talking about.
28:27So you've mentioned barbers.
28:29We've seen an off-licence there,
28:31but there are loads, aren't there?
28:32Yeah, that's right.
28:33So there is nothing intrinsic
28:35about a barbershop other than
28:37it's quite easy to start up,
28:39and there's nothing intrinsic
28:40about barbers wanting to be involved
28:42in criminality.
28:43Far from it, actually.
28:44We see vape shops,
28:45mobile phone shops,
28:46mini-marts, off-licences,
28:48all types of shops on the high street
28:50engage in this criminality.
28:51So it's really important to remember
28:53this isn't restricted
28:54to any one type of shop,
28:55and it's also not restricted
28:56to any one type of demographic
28:58of individual.
28:58Just need to stamp them out,
28:59don't we?
29:00Yeah.
29:00What do you do then
29:01if you think that a shop near you
29:03or that you've passed
29:04or been in is one of these fronts?
29:07Yeah, so the best advice is
29:08if you suspect criminality
29:10to report it
29:11to your local police force
29:12through 101
29:12or their local website,
29:14we really rely on
29:15that local intelligence
29:16and fusing that
29:17with national intelligence
29:18to identify these shops.
29:20Don't jump to any conclusions.
29:22A shop just may be struggling
29:23and need support.
29:25And also,
29:26don't be part of the problem.
29:28So if you see products being sold
29:30and maybe they look
29:30suspiciously cheap,
29:31that might be because they are.
29:33So don't buy those goods
29:34and services.
29:35What I would also say
29:36as a reminder,
29:37there are thousands of shops
29:38out there doing this
29:39and we are going to get
29:40to all of them.
29:41It will take a bit of time
29:42and we require the public support
29:43to do that.
29:44And don't assume
29:45the people working in them
29:46know about it either
29:47because they might be
29:48a hundred percent.
29:49They may be coerced.
29:49They may be coerced.
29:51Thank you, Sal.
29:51Yeah, thank you.
29:54Now, after an audacious
29:55prison break,
29:56the search for Britain's
29:57most wanted man continues.
30:01Daniel Khalif has been
30:02on the run
30:03for more than 48 hours.
30:05As he continues
30:06to evade arrest,
30:08detectives take a closer look
30:09at his military record.
30:19After joining
30:20the British Army
30:21at 16,
30:22he rose rapidly
30:23through the ranks
30:24but wanted more.
30:27It's clear that
30:28one of the things
30:28Daniel wanted to become
30:30was a member
30:31of the security services
30:32or the intelligence community.
30:35But he was told
30:36because his mother
30:37was Iranian,
30:38he wouldn't pass
30:39the high-level security checks
30:41necessary to do
30:42intelligence work.
30:44Security journalist
30:45Duncan Gardham
30:46has followed
30:47his case closely.
30:49Daniel Khalif
30:50describes that moment
30:51as a really difficult
30:53moment in his life,
30:54like all the chess pieces
30:55going off the board.
30:57And suddenly,
30:58all his dreams
30:59and all his fantasies
31:00all came to nothing.
31:02Having been dealt
31:03an enormous blow
31:04to his ambitions
31:05of becoming an elite officer,
31:07Daniel came up
31:08with a new plan.
31:10He decided
31:11that he could do it
31:12on his own,
31:13become a spy.
31:16Khalif
31:17would try to convince
31:18the Iranian government
31:19that he could spy
31:21for them.
31:24He wanted to try
31:26and establish
31:26a relationship
31:27with the Iranian
31:28intelligence services.
31:30Daniel did this
31:31by looking on
31:32a U.S. government
31:32website to see
31:34who in the Iranian regime
31:35had been sanctioned
31:36by the U.S. government.
31:37He manages to find
31:42a Facebook page
31:44for one of them
31:45and so Daniel
31:47messaged him
31:48and thereby
31:49made contact
31:50with a unit
31:52called the
31:52Iranian Revolutionary
31:54Guard Corps.
31:55It's a specialist unit
31:56within the Iranian army.
31:59It shows that it wasn't
32:00the Iranians
32:01that recruited Daniel,
32:02it was more that
32:03Daniel reached out
32:04to them.
32:08Khalif passed over
32:09a number of forged
32:10documents
32:11to his new
32:12Iranian handlers.
32:14We found lots
32:15of instances
32:16of communications
32:17between Daniel
32:18and his handlers,
32:19talking about
32:19Daniel's capabilities,
32:21what he had access
32:22to within the British
32:23military,
32:24what he was willing
32:24to do for them
32:25and what he would
32:27get in return.
32:31This was,
32:32without a doubt,
32:32a dangerous game
32:33that Daniel was playing.
32:35He was security cleared,
32:37he had access
32:37to sensitive material
32:38and he was willing
32:40to collect that material
32:41and send it onwards.
32:49On at least two occasions,
32:51Daniel collected cash,
32:53which was left
32:55for him
32:56in what's known
32:57as a dead letter drop.
32:59A thousand pounds
33:00was left
33:01in a park
33:01in Mill Hill
33:02and Daniel Khalif
33:03picked up the money
33:05and took a selfie.
33:09And a picture
33:10of the money.
33:12He wasn't actually
33:13getting paid
33:14that much money.
33:15Daniel was more
33:16debated
33:16by his own sense
33:18of self-importance
33:19and by his own ego.
33:22He was drawn in
33:23and he couldn't resist
33:24doing more
33:24and more.
33:26As well as
33:26written communication,
33:28Khalif sent voice notes
33:30asking if his contacts
33:31would train him.
33:33I wanted to have
33:34some training
33:36from you guys
33:37and I think
33:38the best training
33:38for me
33:39is inside of Iran.
33:41He's left a voice note
33:42to his handler
33:43to say,
33:44I'm the smartest person
33:45on the unit.
33:46I'm one of the most
33:47intelligent people.
33:48I won an award.
33:50I am better
33:50than everybody here.
33:51I am more intelligent
33:52than everybody here.
33:57He even travelled
33:58to Turkey
33:58to meet his contacts.
34:02While in Istanbul,
34:03he takes
34:04a video of himself
34:06outside the hotel
34:08just to prove
34:09to the Iranians
34:10that he is actually there.
34:12And it seems
34:13hands over
34:14a USB encryption stick.
34:17Now Daniel Khalif
34:18decides to trade in
34:20his bargaining chip.
34:22He calls MI5
34:23and MI6
34:24telling them
34:25he has cultivated
34:26a relationship
34:27with a valuable asset.
34:29Expecting to be welcomed
34:31as a hero,
34:32he is treated as a spy,
34:34arrested
34:34and released on bail.
34:36Before officers
34:37could charge him,
34:38he flees,
34:39leaving them
34:40a terrifying surprise.
34:42He leaves
34:43a bomb
34:44on his desk
34:45in his barracks
34:46and disappears.
34:50With a hoax
34:51explosive device.
34:53That appeared
34:54to be something
34:54that would just
34:55delay
34:56the focus
34:57and attention
34:58on him
34:58and his escape.
35:01But he's tracked down
35:03and sent to
35:04Wandsworth prison
35:04to await trial.
35:08Daniel Khalif
35:09has still not
35:10given up
35:11on his dream
35:12and he is
35:13working out
35:14how to escape
35:16from
35:17Wandsworth jail.
35:20Helicopter searches
35:21continue
35:22and house-to-house
35:23inquiries
35:23by plainclothes
35:24detectives
35:25have been taking place
35:26but Britain's
35:27most wanted man
35:28remains on the run.
35:30The hunt
35:31for Daniel Khalif
35:32moves into
35:33its third day.
35:35Nothing is
35:35off the table here.
35:36We will do
35:36everything we can
35:37to find him
35:37wherever that takes us
35:38in the country.
35:39The escaped
35:40terror suspect
35:41Daniel Khalif
35:42we have a couple
35:43of new lines
35:44from the Met
35:44Police here
35:45in London.
35:47We had
35:48numerous potential
35:49sightings
35:50but no real
35:51solid leads
35:52of where
35:52Daniel could be
35:53and that's the
35:54point where
35:54you really start
35:55being frustrated
35:57and the stress
35:58levels increase
35:58because there's
36:00obviously a demand
36:01a thirst for
36:02information
36:02everyone wants
36:03to find him.
36:04then on the
36:08morning of
36:09Saturday
36:09the 9th
36:10of September
36:1075 hours
36:12after the escape
36:13some credible
36:14sightings
36:15come into command.
36:17Two or three
36:17calls came in
36:18from members
36:19of the public
36:19to say
36:20that an individual
36:21matching Daniel's
36:22description
36:22was close to
36:23a canal
36:24towpath.
36:24One of our
36:28officers managed
36:29to spot
36:30an individual
36:31riding a bike
36:32along the
36:32canal
36:33towards him
36:34at speed.
36:38The undercover
36:39officer pushes
36:40him off his
36:40bike
36:41and arrests
36:42him.
36:46Backup officers
36:47quickly swarm
36:48the scene.
36:50As Daniel
36:50Khalif is
36:51handcuffed
36:51he reportedly
36:52winks
36:53and laughs.
36:54Breaking news
36:56just coming
36:57in to us
36:57from the
36:58Metropolitan
36:58Police
36:59who have
36:59confirmed
36:59in the
37:00past few
37:00minutes
37:01that they
37:01have
37:02arrested
37:02a terror
37:03suspect.
37:04A national
37:04manhunt
37:05now at an
37:06end.
37:06Britain's
37:07most wanted
37:07man Daniel
37:08Khalif arrested
37:09at this spot
37:10in West
37:10London.
37:11It's good
37:11news that
37:12we've
37:13recaptured
37:13the person
37:14concerned.
37:15My thanks
37:16to the
37:16police but
37:16also to
37:17the public.
37:18Finally
37:19locating
37:19Daniel was
37:20a moment
37:20of pure
37:21relief,
37:23exhilaration.
37:23it was
37:24fantastic
37:25to be
37:25part of
37:26it.
37:26I think
37:27everyone on
37:27the team
37:28knew how
37:28much blood,
37:30sweat and
37:30tears and
37:31how much
37:32effort had
37:32gone into
37:33the last
37:34three days.
37:35In February
37:362025,
37:37Daniel Khalif
37:38is sentenced
37:38to six years
37:39for espionage
37:40and terrorism
37:41charges and a
37:42further two years
37:43and three months
37:44for his escape.
37:45I don't think
37:50anybody should
37:51underestimate
37:52Daniel Khalif.
37:54He really
37:54did pose an
37:55absolute threat
37:56to national
37:56security.
37:58He's also an
37:58individual though
37:59that demonstrated
38:00his ingenuity
38:01by escaping
38:02from prison,
38:02something that's
38:03extremely rare.
38:05He managed
38:06to escape
38:06prison,
38:07he managed
38:08to obtain a
38:08job in the
38:09prison kitchens
38:09when really
38:10he probably
38:11shouldn't have
38:11and he managed
38:13to establish
38:13that relationship
38:14with his
38:15Iranian handlers.
38:16That ambition
38:18there is huge
38:19but it's also
38:20hugely flawed
38:21and that's
38:22really Daniel's
38:23downfall.
38:25I don't think
38:27Daniel Khalif
38:28was a bad
38:30person.
38:31I don't even
38:32think he was
38:33unlikable.
38:37He dreamed
38:39just a little
38:39bit too much.
38:41Daniel Khalif
38:43just kept
38:44going too
38:45far and
38:46broke too
38:47many rules.
38:52Wow,
38:53what a story,
38:54hey?
38:54Well,
38:54now we're
38:55focusing on
38:56the power
38:56of rehabilitation
38:57because over
38:58a quarter of
38:58people who
38:59are sent to
39:00prison end
39:00up re-offending
39:01after release.
39:02That's according
39:03to the latest
39:04statistics.
39:05So how can
39:05we break
39:06this cycle?
39:07Well,
39:07it's something
39:07Julia Pennington
39:08is tackling
39:09through her
39:09organisation,
39:10Dignify,
39:11and Julia
39:12thank you so
39:12much for
39:12coming in
39:13to talk
39:13about this
39:13because you've
39:14had incredible
39:14success from
39:15this which
39:16we'll get to
39:16but tell us
39:17a bit about
39:17what you do.
39:19So Dignify is
39:20an organisation
39:20that I set up
39:21in 2019
39:22and really
39:23we set up
39:24to help
39:24people to
39:24recover from
39:25trauma symptoms
39:26and experiences
39:27of trauma
39:28but that's
39:28really evolved
39:29into training
39:30professionals,
39:31working with
39:32different organisations
39:33in the criminal
39:34justice system
39:34to help the
39:35workforce also
39:36recover from
39:36trauma and
39:37we're doing
39:38some stuff
39:38on reform
39:39and system
39:39change as
39:40well across
39:40the country.
39:41Yeah,
39:41and this was
39:42something you
39:42came up with
39:43isn't it
39:43from your own
39:44experiences of
39:45working in the
39:45criminal justice
39:46system?
39:46Yeah,
39:47I've worked in
39:47criminal justice
39:48for over 20
39:49years in
39:49probation services,
39:51youth justice
39:51services and
39:52I've always been
39:53intrigued in
39:54terms of the
39:54why,
39:55why do people
39:55do terrible
39:56things to
39:56other people
39:57and about
39:5810 years ago
39:58I was involved
39:59in some research
40:00where I got to
40:00ask that question
40:01to hundreds of
40:02people and
40:03they all told
40:03me trauma stories
40:04and so that
40:05made me think
40:06we needed to do
40:06things a bit
40:06differently.
40:07Yeah,
40:07so trauma is
40:08the common
40:09thing between
40:10everyone here
40:11but how do you
40:12tackle it?
40:12Because it's so
40:13broad what
40:13causes the
40:14trauma?
40:15It is,
40:15but it's not
40:16about the
40:16actual experience
40:17it's about the
40:18brain and the
40:18body and how
40:19we learn to
40:20process those
40:20experiences or
40:21not process
40:22them and what
40:23we find in the
40:23criminal justice
40:24system a lot of
40:24people haven't
40:25processed those
40:26experiences instead
40:27they've developed
40:28rage,
40:29shame,
40:30alcohol,
40:31addictions,
40:31drug addictions,
40:33different maladaptive
40:35coping strategies that
40:36have prevented
40:37them from
40:37rehabilitating and
40:38moving on.
40:39Yeah,
40:39so you're all
40:40about getting
40:40them out of
40:41that kind of
40:41survival mode so
40:42that they can
40:43thrive.
40:44Yeah,
40:44definitely because
40:45when we've been
40:45through lots of
40:46experiences of
40:47trauma and
40:47experiences that
40:48have made us
40:48feel scared or
40:49unloved,
40:51you know,
40:51we move into
40:52that survival
40:52brain,
40:53that kind of
40:53lower part of
40:54the brain which
40:54doesn't think
40:55it's just
40:56reactive.
40:57So we're about
40:57helping people to
40:58get that front
40:58part of the brain
40:59online so they
41:00can problem solve,
41:01be less reactive and
41:03really start to
41:03understand their
41:04patterns of
41:05behaviour and the
41:06things that are
41:06leading them back
41:08through that prison
41:08door.
41:09Yeah,
41:09so it's about
41:09breaking it down
41:10and trying to
41:11find the root
41:11cause and then
41:12solving that and
41:13breaking habits and
41:13things.
41:14And you've had a
41:14real success with
41:15this,
41:15haven't you?
41:16Yeah,
41:16we only set up in
41:172019,
41:19I'm from Manchester
41:20and our footprint's
41:21right from Cumbria,
41:22we've been working
41:22with Cumbria Police
41:23right the way down to
41:24the South West,
41:25we've been working
41:26in Bristol,
41:27the West Midlands,
41:28London,
41:29so we're right across
41:29the country already.
41:30Yeah,
41:31but you started as a
41:32pilot didn't you in
41:33Greater Manchester?
41:34Yeah,
41:35with eight people.
41:36Yeah,
41:36yeah,
41:36and none of those
41:37people went back to
41:38jail,
41:38we tested it,
41:40none of those people
41:40went back to jail,
41:41some of them had
41:41wonderful outcomes,
41:43so that's where it
41:43started to evolve,
41:44we became a lived
41:45experience company,
41:46we listened to
41:47people's experiences
41:48of trauma and we
41:48started to train
41:49police officers,
41:50social workers,
41:51school teachers,
41:52youth justice
41:53officers and it's
41:54just evolved from
41:55there.
41:55Wow,
41:55so every part of
41:56the community and
41:56how many people have
41:57you got trained now
41:58do you think?
41:59We've trained over
41:599,000 people in the
42:01last six years and
42:02we've worked with
42:03over 500 people in
42:04prisons and in the
42:05community as well.
42:06Yeah,
42:06and I can see you're
42:07not going to stop
42:07there are you?
42:08We're not stopping
42:08there,
42:09we've got lots to do.
42:10Yeah,
42:10well thank you so
42:11much for coming in
42:12to talk about it,
42:13it's incredible the
42:13success you're having,
42:14it's amazing to hear
42:15about it,
42:15so thank you and
42:16good luck with it.
42:16Thank you,
42:17thanks for inviting me.
42:20Absolutely huge
42:21success there,
42:21great to hear.
42:22Well thank you so much
42:23for watching today,
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42:35who they are.
42:35Tomorrow we have got
42:37a truly heartbreaking
42:39appeal about a fatal
42:40stabbing in a tragic
42:42case of mistaken
42:43identity.
42:44two men came in with
42:47masks and they started
42:49indiscriminately
42:50stabbing at him.
42:52Why would anyone do
42:53this?
42:55Yeah,
42:56the family want
42:56answers,
42:57well police are
42:57looking for one man
42:59in connection to this
43:00devastating case.
43:01We will see you
43:02tomorrow,
43:03same time,
43:04remember 10.45.
43:05Yeah,
43:05see you then.
43:06Bye bye.
43:06Bye bye.
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