SURVEILLANCE pictures of two of the July 7 bombers meeting a “committed terrorist” at a McDonald’s restaurant were shown to a jury.

Mohammed Siddique Khan, of Thornhill Lees, Shezhad Tanweer and a man accused of helping them in the plot were caught on camera chatting with him outside the fast-food outlet near Crawley, West Sussex.

A court heard that Khan, Tanweer and Waheed Ali were watched by security services on a number of occasions in early 2004 with a man called Ausman whose activities were being monitored.

Car journeys around London and the Home Counties were tracked, meetings at retail parks observed and on two occasions a car driven by Khan was followed back to the Leeds area.

A jury were also told that Ali and the bombers were involved in a high-value scam to fraudulently obtain money through loans that were never repaid and false building trade accounts.

Ali, 24, from Tower Hamlets, east London, is standing trial with two other men Mohammed Shakil, 31, and Sadeer Saleem, 27, both from Beeston, Leeds, accused of conspiring with Khan, Tanweer, Jermaine Lindsay and Hasib Hussain and others unknown to cause explosions between November 17 2004 and July 8 2005.

The four suicide bombers – including former Rawthorpe High student Jermaine Lindsay – murdered 52 people when they set off bombs on the capital’s transport network in 2005. The defendants deny the charge.

All three are alleged to have carried out a two-day reconnaissance mission in the capital on December 16 and 17 2004 with bombers Hussain and Lindsay.

They are accused of pinpointing potential targets.

The trial continues.