Daniel Khalife, the prisoner who sparked a manhunt earlier this month, has pleaded not guilty to escaping custody.

Khalife, 21, was charged with escaping HMP Wandsworth while on remand pending a trial.

He appeared at the Old Bailey this morning.

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Khalife was the subject of a four-day manhunt, which began on 6 September. He was arrested on a canal towpath in Northolt, west London.

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