The trial of the three men accused of helping the July 7 bombers plan their attack has collapsed after the jury failed to reach verdicts. Waheed Ali, 25, Sadeer Saleem, 28, and Mohammed Shakil, 32, are the only people ever to be charged in connection with the bombings which killed 52 people. The three men, all from Beeston in Leeds, were accused of conducting a "hostile reconnaissance" mission for the bombers seven months before the attacks. They were joined by two of the bombers as they visited Kings Cross along with the London Aquarium and Natural History Museum, eight days before Christmas in December 2004. Objects belonging to each of the men were also found in the flat used as a bomb factory in the area of Hyde Park, Leeds. All three had also been on training camps in Pakistan with Mohammed Sidique Khan, the leader of the bombers, the last just months before the attacks. The jury of eight women and four men had deliberated for almost three weeks after a three month trial at Kingston Crown Court in southwest London. It is understood the prosecution will seek a retrial. The prosecution had argued that Sidique Khan had left Britain with Shehzad Tanweer planning to die as a martyr in Afghanistan after making a farewell video to his baby daughter. But once there he changed his plans and allegedly contacted his three friends asking them to check out London as a possible target for attacks. They were joined by Hasib Hussain, the youngest of the bombers, and Jermaine Lindsay ...
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