3 FACE RETRIAL OVER 7/7 BOMB 'SCOUT MISSION' Terror trial jury fails to reach verdict after 66 hours.Byline: BY JON CLEMENTS CRIME CORRESPONDENT SURVIVORS of the 7/7 atrocities must wait for anyone to be convicted after a jury failed to reach verdicts on three men accused of being the bombers' scouting team. Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil were charged with carrying out a two-day reconnaissance mission in London seven months before the 2005 attack. They were the first people to be prosecuted in connection with the suicide blasts that killed 52 people and hurt up to 800. But following a three-month trial and 15 days of deliberations at Kingston crown court, the jury was discharged. The trio were remanded in custody and a date set in September for a directions hearing to give the Crown Prosecution Service It was feared the failure to reach verdicts would delay inquests into the victims' deaths. And a report into the probe that followed the attacks due out next month may also now be hit. Jacqui Putnam, who survived the Edgware Road bombing, said: "It is worse for the bereaved because they need an inquest inquest, in law, a body of men appointed by law to inquire into certain matters. The term also refers to the inquiry itself as well as to the findings of the inquiry. . They need to know and it's still hanging over them. And because it is still hanging over them it is still hanging over us." Oury Clark solicitors, acting on behalf of survivors and bereaved families, said: "The victims, bereaved and the public are entitled to the full facts." Bombers Mohammed Siddique Khan, Shehzad Tanweer Shehzad Tanweer (December 15, 1982 – July 7, 2005) was one of four men who blew up three trains on the London Underground and one bus in central London during the 7 July 2005 London bombing. , Hasib Hussain Hasib Mir Hussain (September 16, 1986 – July 7, 2005) was one of four terrorists who detonated bombs on three trains on the London Underground and one bus in central London during the 7 July 2005 London bombings. Hussain was the terrorist who detonated a bomb on the No. and Jermaine Lindsay targeted three tube trains and a bus. The trial heard Ali, 25, Saleem, 28, and Shakil, 32, were friends with leader Khan and Tanweer, having all grown up in Beeston, Leeds. At the end of 2004 the three visited the London Eye The London Eye, also known as the Millennium Wheel, is a Ferris Wheel (or observation wheel) in London, England. At the time of building, it was the biggest in the world, although there are now larger wheels, such as The Star of Nanchang, which was opened in May 2006. , the Natural History Museum and London Aquarium The London Aquarium is located on the ground floor of County Hall on the South Bank of the River Thames in central London, near the London Eye. It first opened in 1997. The aquarium claims that a million visitors a year view its displays. while allegedly pinpointing potential targets. All three made no secret in court of their support for jihad, but said they did not advocate suicide bombings and had no idea about the plot. 52 People were killed by the four suicide bombers on July 7, 2005. Almost 800 more were injured in the attacks - three on Tube trains and one on a bus. CAPTION(S): ACCUSED From left, 'scouts' Shakil, Ali and Saleem |
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