Daniel Khalife, 21, "being a prisoner in His Majesty's prison at Wandsworth, being remanded in custody pending trial... escaped, contrary to common law," said the charging statement issued by Metropolitan Police.

He will appear in custody at a London court on Monday.

The former soldier fled from Wandsworth prison in south London on Wednesday morning, probably by clinging to the bottom of a delivery van.

His disappearance triggered a major manhunt with extra security checks introduced at ports and airports amid fears he may try to flee the country.

But following confirmed sightings in south west London, he was eventually apprehended and arrested by a plain clothes officer on a canal towpath in the southwest London neighbourhood of Chiswick on Saturday.

Khalife last appeared in court in London on January 28 and was remanded in custody over two incidents at the Royal Air Force base in Stafford, central England, near the army barracks where he lived.

He is accused of "attempting to elicit information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism" in August 2021.

He was also charged with a bomb hoax by placing a suspect device at the RAF base on January 2 this year.

His trial at Woolwich Crown Court -- attached to Belmarsh prison -- had been set to begin on November 13.