Frank Noon tried to call the police via 101, but said he 'gave up' when he couldn't get through.
A man who believes he spotted fugitive alleged terrorist Daniel Khalife twice the day before he was captured has claimed he tried to phone police to report it but couldn't get through.
A neighbour he told about the sightings later spoke to a 999 call handler that day and reported the incidents, reports the Mirror. A court heard on Monday that Khalife allegedly escaped prison by strapping himself to the underside of a vehicle. It was said in court he may have used bed linen to attach himself to the food delivery lorry.
He said: "There was a guy sitting in there. As I walked through, I thought 'oh, that’s the same guy I saw asleep on the bench three hours before'. I could see him in the same clothes and everything looking down at his phone, and I thought 'I wonder if that is the guy?' I sort of slightly dismissed it again."
Around 24 hours later, Khalife was arrested while riding a bike in Northolt which is roughly an hour's walk from where Frank thinks he saw him. However, the 66-year-old said he didn't notice a bicycle, Waitrose cooler bag or sleeping bag Khalife reportedly had when he was arrested. "Anyway, one of my neighbours then tipped them off and called 999 and said this is what happened. 'My neighbour saw this person, maybe you should look into it', a couple of hours later. Whether that was what tipped them off to come to Chiswick, I don't know, because there was quite a presence of police on Friday night in the cemetery and Pumping Station Road, near the river. Then there was a sighting in Chiswick Mall and Spencer Road, which is a bit further up.
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