Brother of Manchester Arena bomber guilty of failing to attend public inquiry
The elder brother of the Manchester Arena suicide bomber has been convicted of failing to appear at a public inquiry he was ordered to attend.The chairman, Sir John Saunders, had rejected his position and demanded he appear as a witness.Twenty-two people were killed and hundreds injured when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb at the end of an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May 2017.
The district judge said that, if Ismail Abedi fails to attend in August, an arrest warrant could be issued and he would then be "posted as wanted" by international policing bodies.Nicholas de lar Poer QC, prosecuting, earlier said that "his failure to attend was deliberate". Speaking after the conviction, a lawyer who represents 11 of the victims' families said Abedi was "unlikely to face any real justice until he is apprehended, if at all".
"We remain gravely concerned as to how Abedi was able to leave the country before giving evidence to the inquiry in the first place.
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