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He also told the jury that the fake bomb that he left on the desk of his barracks when he absconded from there in January 2022 was not designed to frighten anyone.

In August, the most recent month for which the Probation Department provided figures, 402 of the 1,438 people under GPS monitoring had absconded, according to the statement.

Aaron Wood spent two days on the run after absconding from North Sea Camp near Boston on 22 September.

The court heard that a note left near the device read: “You can say with certainty that you will go to prison for a very long time. Your options are suicide or absconding.”

Police later found a black transit van which the prosecution said Mr Khalife had used when he absconded from the army.