The despatch CHRISTMAS 2023
which shouldn't've happened, and Wandsworth prison should've had a lot
more security. Khalife was arrested on a towpath near Rowdell Road,
Northolt on Saturday 9th September following a police operation led by
officers from the Met's Counter Terrorism Command. He will appear at the
Old Bailey on the 29th of September, facing charges including
terrorism and violating the Prison Act 1952.
By Seb Hoo
The most daring escapes from captivity in the past include:
William Maxwell was the 5th Earl of Nithsdale. He took part in the Jacobite
rising of 1715. He was imprisoned for treason and was awaiting execution.
The day before Maxwell ’ s execution, he escaped from the Tower, thanks to a
daring plot from his wife. Using items smuggled into the Tower on previous
visits, the countess had her husband disguise himself as Maxwell ’ s wife ’ s
housekeeper – not an easy feat, given that the Earl had a long dark beard!
John Dillinger was arrested for robbing a
bank in Bluffton, Ohio immediately after
being paroled from his prison. Dillinger
escaped during morning exercises with 15
other inmates after producing a pistol said
to have been carved from a shelf in his
room with a razor. On March 16, Herbert
Youngblood, who escaped from the prison
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