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| '7/7 helpers' trial jury retires | '7/7 helpers' trial jury retires |
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| The jury in the trial of three men accused of helping the 7 July London bombers has retired to consider its verdicts at Kingston Crown Court. | |
| Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil deny assisting the bombers by scouting for potential targets in London seven months before the attacks. | Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil deny assisting the bombers by scouting for potential targets in London seven months before the attacks. |
| The defendants, all originally from Leeds, each deny a charge of conspiring to cause an explosion. | |
| A total of 52 people were killed in the attacks on London transport in 2005. | |
| Mr Ali, 25, Mr Saleem, 27, and Mr Shakil, 31, are accused of assisting Mohammad Sidique Khan, Shehzad Tanweer, Jermain Lindsay and Hasib Hussain, in what prosecutors say was a reconnaissance mission for the bombings. | |
| Trip 'innocent' | |
| Khan, Tanweer, Lindsay and Hussain blew themselves up in four separate suicide attacks on the London Underground and a bus. | |
| The prosecution claims the three defendants travelled from Leeds to London along with Hussain to conduct a reconnaissance of potential targets in December 2004. | |
| However, the three defendants have argued their trip was entirely innocent. | |
| All three earlier told the court they held some extreme Islamist views - including supporting militant groups in Pakistan and Afghanistan. | |
| But they said their opinions fell well short of advocating suicide bombings in the UK. |