AN ALLEGED terrorist plotter considered a bank loan to fund car bomb attacks in Glasgow and London, a court heard yesterday.
Bilal Abdulla, 29, explored loans, ISAs and credit cards as a means of bankrolling the plan, a jury was told.
Woolwich Crown Court was told that he discussed various funding schemes with Kafeel Ahmed, 28, an Indian engineering student.
Using an
internet messaging service, he asked Ahmed: "Is it possible to get a loan from the bank to fund the project? Is there such a thing?"
He also said he needed a credit card.
Ahmed replied: "I told you the approximate costing in it."
Abdulla is accused of conspiracy to murder and to cause explosions alongside Mohammed Asha, 28. Ahmed died after smashing a Jeep packed with gas canisters and petrol into a terminal building at Glasgow Airport on 30 June last year.
The prosecution claims that Asha worked behind the scenes, providing advice, cash and equipment.
Asha, a medical doctor, had asked a friend for the return of a loan of £1,000 in cash on 26 May – a month before the attacks, the court was told.
It was also alleged that Ahmed and Abdulla travelled to London on 19 and 20 May to scope out possible sites for terrorist attacks.
Prosecutor Jonathan Laidlaw, QC, said the trio had bought five cars in early June.
The Mercedes, which was left near Haymarket in London, was bought on 6 June in Sheffield, while another, which belonged to a former policeman, was abandoned at John Lennon Airport in Liverpool.
The trial continues.
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