This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It will not be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/london/7346581.stm
The article has changed 5 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| 7/7 friends 'made tourism calls' | |
| (20 minutes later) | |
| Two men accused of helping the 7 July bombers plan their attacks made calls to tourist bodies on a reconnaissance mission in London, a court has heard. | |
| Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil spent two days with two of the bombers in 2004, the jury heard. | Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil spent two days with two of the bombers in 2004, the jury heard. |
| During the trip Mr Ali and Mr Shakil called the London Tourist Board and the Natural History Museum, Kingston Crown Court was told. | |
| All three men deny one charge each of conspiring to cause explosions. | |
| 'Important period' | |
| Mobile phone records tracked their movements while they were allegedly visiting potential targets. | |
| The three men spent time with two of the bombers, Jermain Lindsay and Hasib Hussain, on 16 and 17 December 2004, the court heard. | |
| Neil Flewitt QC, outlining the prosecution case, said: "Their movements and actions over that important two-day period must be considered against the background of what, we suggest, was a commitment to strike at those who they considered to be the enemies of Islam wherever they might be." | |
| The court previously heard that Mr Saleem and Mr Shakil visited the Natural History Museum, the London Eye and the London Aquarium. | |
| Four suicide bombers murdered 52 people when they set off bombs on the London public transport network on 7 July 2005. | |
| The hearing continues. |