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| Friend 'helped bomb plot accused' | Friend 'helped bomb plot accused' |
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| A friend of the alleged 21 July bombers has told a jury he helped to collect the main ingredient for their bombs, believing it was for decorating. | A friend of the alleged 21 July bombers has told a jury he helped to collect the main ingredient for their bombs, believing it was for decorating. |
| Matthew Dixon told Woolwich Crown Court he drove Manfo Asiedu to a hairdressing wholesalers to pick up bleach. | Matthew Dixon told Woolwich Crown Court he drove Manfo Asiedu to a hairdressing wholesalers to pick up bleach. |
| Mr Asiedu is alleged to have then bought 16 litres of hydrogen peroxide. | Mr Asiedu is alleged to have then bought 16 litres of hydrogen peroxide. |
| Mr Asiedu, Muktar Ibrahim, Hussein Osman, Yassin Omar, Ramzi Mohammed and Adel Yahya deny conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause explosions. | Mr Asiedu, Muktar Ibrahim, Hussein Osman, Yassin Omar, Ramzi Mohammed and Adel Yahya deny conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause explosions. |
| Mr Dixon, a product designer, said he was told by Mr Asiedu the bleach was for "stripping walls in listed buildings" because the wallpaper was so thick that a stripper would not work. | |
| A sales assistant at Hairways in Tottenham, north London, advised the pair the liquid peroxide was volatile, he told the court. | |
| I did not know if it was going to get the seats dirty Matthew Dixon | |
| But Mr Asiedu replied: "No worries, I am a professional, I know what I am doing." | |
| Earlier the court heard Mr Asiedu bought the hydrogen peroxide, allegedly for use as an explosive charge, on 19 May 2005. | |
| Mr Dixon told the court he had been reluctant to help with the shopping trip because he was busy with his Masters degree, but Mr Asiedu had been persistent. | |
| "He said I was the only person he knew with a car," he said. | |
| Mr Dixon was also worried that the bleach could damage his car, the court heard. | |
| "I did not know the details of what he was carrying - I did not know if it was going to get the seats dirty," he said. |