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Second man charged with helping Daniel Khalife after escape | Second man charged with helping Daniel Khalife after escape |
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Daniel Khalife pictured after his arrest in September 2023 | Daniel Khalife pictured after his arrest in September 2023 |
A second man has been charged with helping former soldier Daniel Khalife after he escaped from prison. | A second man has been charged with helping former soldier Daniel Khalife after he escaped from prison. |
Adeel Khan, 30, from Waltham Forest, east London, is accused of assisting Khalife after he fled HMP Wandsworth in September 2023. | Adeel Khan, 30, from Waltham Forest, east London, is accused of assisting Khalife after he fled HMP Wandsworth in September 2023. |
Khalife was convicted of spying for Iran and pleaded guilty to escaping the prison by strapping himself to the underside of a food delivery van. He was arrested in London following a four-day manhunt. | |
Khan - who is also charged with possession of a phone in prison - is due to attend Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, the Metropolitan Police said. | |
He was charged via postal requisition earlier this month, the force added. | |
Last week, another man - 25-year-old Imran Chowdhury - pleaded not guilty to assisting an escaped prisoner. He is accused of going to a cashpoint with Khalife and withdrawing £400 for him during the escape. | |
Chowdhury, from Chingford, east London, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court and was bailed to appear at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 4 February. | |
Khalife, 23, was found guilty of spying for Iran after a trial at Woolwich Crown Court in November last year. | |
He had already admitted escaping from Wandsworth Prison, but was cleared of carrying out a bomb hoax at the army barracks where he had been based. | He had already admitted escaping from Wandsworth Prison, but was cleared of carrying out a bomb hoax at the army barracks where he had been based. |
Khalife will be sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court on 3 February. |