The judge sentencing the ex-soldier said he "took payment on two occasions and travelled to meet intelligence officers from Iran in Turkey".

A former British soldier convicted of spying for Iran after an audacious three-day escape from a London prison was sentenced Monday to more than 14 years behind bars for betraying his country.

Former soldier Daniel Khalife has been branded a “dangerous fool” by a judge imprisoning him for more than 14 years for escaping from prison and spying for Iran.In a jailbreak that drew intense nationwide attention and sparked a major manhunt,