Man charged with helping British ex-soldier in London prison getaway

London police say a man has been charged with assisting a former British soldier later convicted of spying for Iran in his escape from prison. The Metropolitan Police said Monday that Imran Chowdhury was charged with one count of assisting an escaped prisoner for helping Daniel Khalife after he broke out of Wandsworth prison. Khalife strapped himself beneath a food delivery truck in September 2023 and ignited a massive police search while he was on the run for three days. Khalife was convicted in November of violating Britain’s Official Secrets Act and Terrorism Act by collecting information useful to an enemy.