The 23-year-old came up with his elaborate double agent plot after watching the TV spy thriller Homeland

The jury convicted Khalife, 23, of breaching the Official Secrets Act and Terrorism Act, after 23 hours of deliberation

A jury has found former soldier Daniel Khalife, who escaped from prison by clinging to the underside of a delivery van, guilty of spying for Iran.

Khalife first contacted a man linked to Iranian intelligence soon after joining the British Army, his trial heard.