Man found guilty of helping escaped prisoner Daniel Khalife

Man found guilty of helping escaped prisoner Daniel KhalifeImage source, PA MediaImage caption, Adeel Khan pictured in January 2025ByAlys DaviesPublished10 minutes agoA man has been found guilty of helping escaped prisoner Daniel Khalife while he was on the run.Adeel Khan, 32, from Waltham Forest in east London, assisted Khalife from within jail and helped supply him with money in the hours after his high-profile September 2023 escape.Another man, Imran Chowdhury, 26, from Chingford, east London, has been cleared of the same charge.Khalife sparked a nationwide manhunt when he absconded from HMP Wandsworth, where he was awaiting trial on spying charges, by tying himself to the bottom of a food delivery truck.He was later sentenced to 14 years and three months for spying for Iran.Daniel Khalife found guilty of spying for IranPublished28 November 2024Daniel Khalife was a British soldier who spied for Iran and dreamed of famePublished28 November 2024Khan worked with Khalife in the prison kitchen at HMP Wandsworth, Snaresbrook Crown Court previously heard.In the hours and days after his escape, Khalife called Khan several times using phones borrowed from members of the public, the court heard.Khan's name was found in a red diary carried by Khalife when he was arrested.Inside was his name, illegal prison phone number, personal mobile number, and Snapchat account, according to photos shown to the court.During the trial, the prosecution said Khalife had also been carrying around £200 in £20 notes, which it alleged had been taken from a £400 withdrawal made by Chowdhury at a cash machine in Richmond, south-west London, on the day of the escape.Shortly after Khalife absconded from prison, at around 20:41 BST, Khan messaged his then-girlfriend Chowdhury's bank details and told her to "put 120£ in this ac… please thank u baby".After the £120 arrived in Chowdhury's Barclays account at 21:55, he and Khalife met in "a meeting that Khan had been instru...