British court clears trio of helping July 7 suicide bombers

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Apr 28, 2009, 13:56 GMT

London - Three British Muslims who were friendly with the suicide bombers behind the July 2005 attacks on London's transport network were acquitted of conspiracy by a court in London Tuesday. But two of the accused were found guilty at Kingston Crown Court of planning to attend a terrorist training camp in Pakistan before the attacks in London in which 52 passengers died and more than 700 were injured. Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil, who are all from Leeds, in northern England, denied helping the bombers with whom they had been 'best friends' since childhood, the court heard. But they were cleared of helping the attackers by going on a 'reconnaissance mission' in London several months before the attack on July 7, 2005. The three men are the only people to face any charges in relation to the London bombings. They were originally tried in 2008, but the first jury failed to reach verdicts against them. However, two of the men, Ali and Shakil, were convicted of a secondary charge of conspiracy to attend a camp used for terrorist training in Pakistan. They are due to be sentenced Wednesday.

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