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Abdulla Ahmed Ali was observed by an undercover officer checking flight timetables in an internet cafe and speaking on his mobile.

Woolwich Crown Court heard how Ali entered T&I Communications in Wood Street, Walthamstow, east London on August 6, 2006.

Richard Whittam, prosecuting, described how he was watched speaking in "hushed tones in a foreign language" on taking a mobile phone call.

Ali was observed looking at the BAA Heathrow website showing "some sort" of timetable, then flicking to a flight-booking website.

He was seen taking a second call, this time in English, where he was overheard, no longer whispering, referring to radios in boxes.

Ali and seven other men are on trial accused of conspiring to murder thousands of people by exploding home-made liquid bombs on passenger jets in August 2006.

The prosecution claim they planned to disguise these bombs as soft drinks before smuggling them on planes.

It is alleged the gang planned to board at least seven transatlantic flights departing from Heathrow to various destinations in Canada and the US.

The defendants are: Ali, aka Ahmed Ali Khan, 27, of Prospect Hill, Walthamstow; Assad Sarwar, 27, of Walton Drive, High Wycombe; Tanvir Hussain, 27, of Nottingham Road, Leyton, east London; Mohammed Gulzar, 26, of Priory Road, Barking; Ibrahim Savant, 27, of Denver Road, Stoke Newington; 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. They deny the offences.