Justice minister dodges question as he confirms full complement of staff were on duty when Daniel Khalife absconded

The UK justice secretary, Alex Chalk, has refused to express confidence in the governor of Wandsworth prison, as he said a full complement of staff were on duty when a former soldier was able to escape by strapping himself to the underside of a delivery van.

Daniel Abed Khalife, 21, is in custody after he was arrested as he cycled along a canal towpath in Northolt, west London, on Saturday morning, four days after he got away from the prison, about a dozen miles away.

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