Escaped Prisoner May Have Used Bedsheets to Strap Himself to a Truck, UK Prosecutor Says

LONDON (AP) A former British soldier who escaped from prison may have sneaked out by using bedsheets to strap himself to the bottom of a food delivery truck, prosecutors said Monday.

Daniel Abed Khalife, 21, was arrested while he was cycling on a canal towpath in west London on Saturday after a four-day manhunt. Khalife escaped Wednesday from Wandsworth Prison, a medium-security facility in southwest London where he had been awaiting trial on charges of terrorism and trying to spy for an enemy state.

The ex-soldier appeared in the dock at Westminster Magistrates' Court Monday for a brief hearing, speaking only to confirm his name and birthdate. He was remanded in custody after the hearing.