A prisoner found guilty of helping a former soldier after he escaped from jail has been sentenced to four and a half years.
Adeel Khan, 32, was convicted earlier this year of sending money to Daniel Khalife after he escaped from HMP Wandsworth in south London in September 2023.
Khalife’s escape sparked a nationwide manhunt after clinging to the underside of a food delivery lorry to break out of the Category B jail.
He evaded capture for three days before he was spotted riding a stolen mountain bike along the canal towpath in Northolt, west London – about 14 miles away.
He was sentenced to 14 years and three months in prison in February last year.
Snaresbrook Crown Court previously heard that Khan, who worked with Khalife in the prison kitchen, helped him from inside jail.
He asked another person to withdraw £400 for Khalife after his escape and arranged for him to be paid £120 for the job, jurors were told.
When Khalife was arrested, police found he had a diary with Khan’s name, an illegal prison phone number, a personal mobile number, and his Snapchat account.
The court also heard that after his escape, Khalife called Khan multiple times using the phones of members of the public in a pattern of “regular and persistent” contact, the court heard.
Khalife, a serving soldier in the British Army at the time, was being held on remand awaiting trial on charges of spying for Iran and perpetrating a bomb hoax at his base when he escaped from Wandsworth prison on 6 September 2023.
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