Friday, August 21, 2020

Hashem Abedi sentenced to 55 years


Hashem Abedi was arrested in Libya the day after the bombing. The brother of the Manchester Arena bomber has been jailed for at least 55 years for the murders of 22 people. He was convicted after a court heard he was "just as guilty" as his brother, who detonated the bomb at the end of an Ariana Grande concert. BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said Abedi's 55-year minimum term is the longest ever handed down by a court in British legal history and the trial in its entirety was the "largest murder case in English legal history.

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