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Former British army soldier Daniel Khalife has been found guilty of spying for Iran.
Khalife, who escaped prison while awaiting trial, collected information useful to an enemy and had a list of special forces soldiers.
He was cleared of perpetrating a bomb house at his army barracks.
The 23-year-old admitted breaking out of Wandsworth prison in London in September 2023 by strapping himself to the underside of a food delivery lorry during his Woolwich Crown Court trial.
Prosecutors said Khalife played a “cynical game” after he contacted a man linked to Iranian intelligence soon after joining the army before later telling MI6 he wanted to be a double agent.
They added that he collected sensitive information that posed a real danger in the wrong hands.
However, his lawyer Gul Nawaz Hussain KC claimed his double agent plot was “hapless”, more “Scooby-Doo” than “007”.
Shortly after joining the Army in September 2018 Khalife contacted a man linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Facebook.
He built a relationship with Iranian contacts – at one point being sent to collect $2,000 (£1,500) left in a dog poo bag in a north London park.
Prosecutors said Khalife claimed he wanted to be a double agent but in reality he collected a large body of restricted material.
Khalife is expected to be sentenced next month.