Terror accused Mohammed Asha filmed at Asda in Wolstanton [+VIDEO]
Asha, aged 28, from Sunningdale Grove, Chesterton, was filmed after being put under police surveillance following the attack on June 30.
A court has heard that officers saw him leaving his home at 7.19pm, along with his family. They followed him to Pak Foods supermarket in Stoke Road, Shelton, and to Asda at Wolstanton Retail Park, where the footage was filmed.
At both, Asha was seen placing plastic bags into bins.
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Woolwich Crown Court has been told the items Asha dumped included a list of Islamic websites, documents in Arabic, and smashed rewritable CDs.
Yesterday, the court heard Asha's co- accused Bilal Abdulla had visited North Staffordshire several times in the months leading up to the attack in Glasgow and another in London's West End.
Abdulla, aged 29, is accused of conspiring to murder and cause explosions in June last year, along with Asha who worked as a doctor at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire.
Both men deny the charges.
Yesterday, the court heard that Abdulla, of Glasgow, kept in regular telephone contact with Asha at key moments in the plot.
Detective Sergeant Bruce Mascall, from the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command, told the jury mobile phone records could not only tell the police when the defendants were communicating, but also where in the country they were.
The records showed that Abdulla repeatedly called Asha at his home and at the hospital during a period in April when Abdulla was allegedly securing the tenancy of a property in Neuk Crescent in Paisley – the so-called 'bomb factory'.
DS Mascall said the pair had been together in Newcastle on February 26 and again on March 30.
During this period, Abdulla was also communicating with alleged co-conspirator Kafeel Ahmed via an internet instant messaging service, the court was told.
The jury heard that on March 30, Abdulla told Ahmed he was "going down to see M", and he later confided that he had caught a cold while in Stoke.
Jonathan Laidlaw, prosecuting, said Asha allegedly lent Abdulla a mobile phone in February. He said Abdulla would go on to use this phone to call several letting agencies, and eventually to secure the tenancy of the Neuk Crescent property.
The jury heard from Iftab Hussein, a former employee at Mobile Connections in Birmingham, who said in February 2007 he had sold two mobile phones to Asha, including one which he allegedly gave to Abdulla later that month.
Stephen Kamlish, defending Asha, put it to Mr Hussein that he had originally intended to buy just one phone for himself, but was presented with a 'too-good-to-be-true' offer so ended up taking away more phones than he actually needed. The hearing continues.
The case continues
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