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Daniel Khalife: Man charged with assisting former soldier after he escaped from Wandsworth prison

Imran Chowdury is accused of helping Daniel Khalife in his break-out from HMP Wandsworth

Evening Standard

Man charged with assisting escaped prisoner Daniel Khalife

Imran Chowdhury has been charged with assisting former soldier Khalife after he escaped from HMP Wandsworth in September 2023, police said.

The Independent UK

Prisons in crisis as 74 attacks take place every day behind bars

With prisons stretched to maximum capacity and staff struggling to cope, there were 26,912 assault incidents in English and Welsh prisons in 2023

The Independent UK

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Daniel Khalife: the spy who blew his own cover – and exposed gaping holes in UK security

When the ex-British army soldier was found guilty last week of passing secrets to Iran, it set off alarm bells over the military’s vulnerability to the threat of infiltration

The Guardian - UK

Former British Soldier Found Guilty Of Spying For Iran

Former British soldier Daniel Khalife convicted of espionage for Iran after daring prison escape. Concerns raised about national security.

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Daniel Khalife: Fantasist who played cynical game from hapless MI5 double agent plot to audacious prison escape

Former soldier now jailed for spying for Iran and escape from Wandsworth prison that sparked 75-hour manhunt

The Independent UK

How did spy Daniel Khalife escape prison? The embarrassing blunders revealed

Khalife spent three weeks living in a stolen van

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Daniel Khalife: From teenage soldier to Iranian spy

The former soldier escaped from HMP Wandsworth in September 2023.

Evening Standard

The blunders which allowed spy Daniel Khalife to avoid detection and escape jail

Police had no idea Daniel Khalife was spying for Iran until he confessed on an MI5 reporting line

Evening Standard

Daniel Khalife: Boy soldier who thought he could be James Bond

Khalife, who grew up in south-west London, passed secret information to Iranian agents after joining the British Army.

Evening Standard

Inside HMP Wandsworth: How Daniel Khalife’s escape reveals ‘shocking’ prison chaos

It was revealed two guards checked the truck that Daniel Khalife escaped under

The Independent UK

How Daniel Khalife escaped from Wandsworth prison and avoided national manhunt for 75 hours

The 23-year-old made a sling from a pair of trousers that he attached to the bottom of a catering van for his escape in a move even the Met acknowledged showed ‘ingenuity’

The Independent UK

Prisons crisis and chaos at HMP Wandsworth laid bare in wake of Khalife’s escape

Khalife made his escape in September last year, while being held on remand over spy charges, by strapping himself underneath a food delivery lorry.

Evening Standard

Ex-British Army soldier Daniel Khalife found guilty of spying for Iran

He ‘probably enjoyed the thrill of deception throughout’, police said.

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Former British soldier convicted of passing on sensitive information to the Iranian government

A former British soldier who claimed he was trying to work as a double agent has been convicted of passing on sensitive information to the Iranian intelligence service

Evening Standard

Daniel Khalife: Ex-soldier guilty of Iran espionage after daring Wandsworth prison escape

Daniel Khalife broke out of Wandsworth prison by strapping himself under a food delivery truck

The Guardian - UK

Daniel Khalife: a fantasist or a player in the world of spies?

The young man who escaped Wandsworth prison offered a mixed picture of ineptitude and threat, according to police

The Independent UK

Ex-soldier Daniel Khalife guilty of spying for Iran after admitting prison escape

The 23-year-old was convicted of collecting secret information and passing it to Iranian agents while serving in Royal Corps of Signals

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Former soldier Daniel Khalife found guilty of spying for Iran

Khalife convicted of two counts relating to espionage, having admitted to prison escape while on remand

The Independent UK

Blueprints for English prisons leaked online in major security breach

Fears maps could be used to smuggle drugs or weapons into jails or plan escapes – a year after Daniel Khalife slipped out of HMP Wandsworth and spent four days on the run

Evening Standard

Jury retires to consider verdicts in case of ex-soldier accused of spying

Prosecutors say Daniel Khalife played ‘a cynical game’.

The Independent UK

Daniel Khalife jury retires in case of prison escapee accused of spying for Iran

Daniel Khalife’s barrister called the plot more ‘Scooby-Doo than 007’

The Independent UK

Ex-soldier tells court his mother took him to Iran ‘to bring me down to earth’

Daniel Khalife had been misbehaving at school, his trial heard.

Evening Standard

'My mother took me to Iran to bring me down to earth' - spy-accused ex-soldier

Daniel Khalife had been misbehaving at school, his trial heard.

Evening Standard

Daniel Khalife denies asking Iranian agents for help after prison escape

Prosecutors say Khalife was waiting in the Chiswick area of west London for assistance.

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