Three men accused of helping the London bombers plan their attacks will face a re-trial, British prosecutors announced today.
The trial of Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil was halted on Friday after the jury failed to reach a verdict.
The men were accused of carrying out a "hostile" reconnaissance mission in London seven months before the July 7th, 2005 atrocities.
But the trio, all from Beeston, Leeds, maintained that their visits to attractions like the London Eye and the Natural History Museum were part of an innocent tourist trip.
All three defendants made no secret in court of their support for jihad. But they insisted they did not advocate suicide bombings and had no idea about the July 7th plot.
The Crown Prosecution Service today confirmed that they would seek a second trial on the same charges.
A spokeswoman said: "We informed the defence and the court this morning. The next hearing has been set for September when this will be discussed."
On Friday Judge Mr Justice Gross indicated that if the decision was made to re-try the men the case would probably take place in the new year. A directions hearing is likely to take place on September 26th or 29th.
The three men were the first people to be prosecuted in connection with the suicide bombings, which claimed the lives of 52 innocent people and injured up to 1,000 more on the capital's transport network.
But following a three-month trial and 15 days of deliberations at Kingston Crown Court, the panel was discharged after indicating it was unable to come to a verdict on charges of conspiring with the four bombers and others unknown to cause explosions between November 17th, 2004, and July 8th, 2005.
Suicide bombers Mohammed Siddique Khan, Shehzad Tanweer, Hasib Hussain and Jermaine Lindsay detonated rucksack devices packed with explosives on three tube trains and a bus.