A BRITISH soldier who escaped jail by clinging to the bottom of a food truck could be put away for life after being found guilty of spying for Iran.
Daniel Khalife, 23, who has an Iranian mother and Lebanese father, was recruited by the rogue state via Facebook just weeks after joining the Royal Corps of Signals.
Security officials are unsure what information he passed via encrypted app Telegram as the traitor deleted it.
Khalife provoked a nationwide manhunt after escaping HMP Wandsworth where he was being held on remand for spying and going on the run for three days in September last year.
Yesterday the disgraced soldier was convicted of committing an act prejudicial to the safety or interests of the state and eliciting information about members of the Armed Forces.
He was cleared of a bomb hoax.
Justice Bobbie Cheema-Grubb warned Khalife he would face "a long custodial sentence" when he is sentenced early next year.
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