CCTV 'shows bomb plot preparations'

Evidence filmed at a series of shops shows the men buying and considering equipment for their deadly plot, a court was told.

Abdulla Ahmed Ali and co-defendant Tanvir Hussain were captured on camera at B&Q, Ikea and Tesco stores in north and east London.

Woolwich Crown Court was shown footage of the men buying torches, batteries, clamps, a craft knife and glass jars.

At one point, an undercover police officer photographed the men inspecting bumbags at a supermarket as he stood next to them.

The officer overheard Hussain say: "I think you can fit a bottle of water in," prosecutor Richard Whittam said.

Eight men are on trial accused of conspiring to murder thousands by detonating home-made bombs on transatlantic planes.

They planned to disguise the liquid bombs as soft drinks before smuggling them aboard, it was claimed. They deny the offences.

Surveillance teams followed alleged ringleader Ali as he met other conspirators, shopped and visited internet cafes, the court heard.

The defendants are: Ali, aka Ahmed Ali Khan, 27, of Prospect Hill, Walthamstow, Sarwar, 27, of Walton Drive, High Wycombe, Hussain, 27, of Nottingham Road, Leyton, east London, Mohammed Gulzar, 26, of Priory Road, Barking, Ibrahim Savant, 27, of Denver Road, Stoke Newington, north London, Arafat Waheed Khan, 26, of Farnan Avenue, Walthamstow, Waheed Zaman, 23, of Queen's Road, Walthamstow, and Umar Islam, aka Brian Young, 29, of Bushey Road, Plaistow, east London.