Man denies helping Daniel Khalife with money after prison break as he appears in court Imran Chowdhury, 25, is accused of assisting Khalife after he broke out of HMP Wandsworth by tying himself under a food truck.
It is said Khalife was helped by Chowdhury to evade police for more than three days, and allegedly used the money to buy a mobile phone to call his Iranian contact, as well as to purchase food and clothes.
Khalife, a former British Army soldier with the Royal Corps of Signals, used a pair of prison kitchen trousers for a makeshift sling to make his prison break.
“The defendant is charged with assisting Daniel Khalife, who this court knows escaped from Wandsworth Prison on September 6, 2023”, said prosecutor Emma Harroway.
Chowdhury was allegedly acting on the instructions of another man known to Khalife from his time in prison, the court heard.
