A TERROR suspect has escaped from a rat-filled prison that once housed Charles Bronson and Boris Becker.
Daniel Abed Khalife, 21, fled HMP Wandsworth, South London, today sparking a frantic manhunt.
The prison has been home to a number of notable inmates, including Britain's most notorious inmate Bronson.
Tennis star Boris Becker was also kept inside the jail after he was sentenced to two years over a £2.5million fraud.
The 1,300-capacity prison is notoriously prone to attacks amongst inmates almost every day across 2021 and 2020.
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Charlie Taylor, the Chief Inspector of Prisons, says guards used forced 1,295 times - during four incidents daily.
Following an unannounced visit to the jail in September last year, the watchdog found litter and food were thrown from cell windows and the prison has a major problem with rats, mice and pigeons.
Wandsworth is a category B jail said to be rampant with drug abuse among its inmates.
A damning report in 2022 found lags were locked up for at least 22 hours a day.
Some even complained about going for weeks without time outside.
It is one of the most over crowded prisons in the UK with nearly three-quarters of prisoners doubling up in cells designed for one.
The report also found prisoners were sometimes forced to choose between exercise, ordering from the kiosk and having a shower due to a lack of staff.
Charlie Taylor, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, said: "Leaders in this crumbling, overcrowded, vermin-infested prison will need considerable ongoing support from the prison service, notably with the recruitment and retention of staff, improving the infrastructure of the jail and making sure that external agencies such as the Home Office and the education provider pull their weight."
Khalife escaped from the prison through the kitchens and clung to the bottom of a delivery van.
He was last seen wearing chef's uniform of a white t-shirt, red and white chequered trousers and brown steel toe cap boots.
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Khalife has a military background and previously served in the British Army.
He is currently awaiting trial for terrorism offences.
The Met Police confirmed an alert has been put out by terror cops to police forces and law enforcement agencies across the country - including those at ports and borders.
Commander Dominic Murphy, Head of the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command said: “We have a team of officers who are making extensive and urgent enquiries in order to locate and detain Khalife as quickly as possible.
"However, the public can help us as well and should anyone see Khalife, or have any information as to where he might be, then please call 999 or the immediately.
“I also want to reassure the public that we have no information which indicates, nor any reason to believe that Khalife poses a threat to the wider public, but our advice if you do see him is not to approach him and call 999 straight away.”
