‘I was just doing a mate a favour’

One of the men accused of helping Iranian spy Daniel Khalife escape from prison denied he was assisting a man ‘charged with espionage and terror offences.’ Imran Chowdhury, 26, withdrew £400 from an ATM for Khalife in Richmond, southwest London, after his jail break and was paid £120 for his help, Snaresbrook Crown Court has heard. Chowdhury, who was working for a national newspaper in a ‘technical’ role at the time, claimed he was just doing a ‘favour’ for a…