GUILTY UK - 22 dead in explosion at Ariana Grande gig, Manchester, 22 May 2017 #2

[CoverMeCagney]

Good news - guilty of murder - sentencing later:

The brother of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi has been found guilty of murdering 22 people. Hashem Abedi had denied helping to plan the "sudden and lethal" blast which killed or injured "nearly 1,000". The Old Bailey heard the pair worked together to source materials used in the suicide blast after an Ariana Grande show at the venue. Prosecutors said Hashem was "jointly responsible" with his brother for the attack on 22 May 2017.

Arena bomber's brother guilty of 22 murders

 

[Legally Bland]

A two-day sentencing hearing is under way but Abedi has refused to enter the courtroom.

Mr Justice Jeremy Baker said: "I have no power to direct that force be used to compel him to come into court."

Abedi had denied helping to plan the attack at the end of an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May 2017.

At his trial, jurors were told how the brothers worked together to source materials, which were used in the bombing.

On 17 March, he was found guilty of 22 counts of murder, one count of attempted murder - encompassing the remaining injured - and conspiring to cause explosions.

Manchester bomber's brother refuses to leave cell

 

[ZaZara]

Twitterfeed reporter Daniel Sandford
@BBCDanielS

Mr Justice Jeremy Baker has said at the start of the hearing that there is a mandatory life sentence for murder, but the court is prohibited from making a "whole life order", because Hashem Abedi was under 21 when he committed the 22 murders. (He was 20, though he is now 23)

So this hearing is about what the "minimum term" Hashem Abedi should serve of his life sentence. If it was not for his age a "whole life order" would have been almost inevitable.

[So Hashem Abedi can potentially be released by the Parole Board many decades in the future, depending on what minimum term the judge passes]

Duncan Penny QC for the prosecution told the judge re a "whole life order": “Were your Lordship to pass such a sentence, the sentence would be an unlawful one”

[So in layman's terms this hearing is basically about how many decades Hashem Abedi will definitely serve in prison before being considered for parole]

No-one has ever before been convicted in England of 22 murders.

 

[CoverMeCagney]

55 YEARS MINIMUM!!!!

Abedi given minimum 55 years for Manchester attack

 

[Legally Bland]

Great to see a decent sentence, I was hoping he wouldn't get much less than 50.

I haven't read this yet, sentencing remarks:
https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Hashem-Abedi-Sentencing-Remarks.pdf

 

[ZaZara]

Great to see a decent sentence, I was hoping he wouldn't get much less than 50.

I haven't read this yet, sentencing remarks:
https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Hashem-Abedi-Sentencing-Remarks.pdf

34.In this regard, although the defendant was only 20 years of age when his 22-year old brother detonated the improvised explosive device, this was not an impulsive event which took place on the spur of the moment. On the contrary, it was the product of careful and extensive planning and preparation in relation to which I am entirely satisfied that both brothers bore equal culpability.

35.Bearing all these matters in mind and standing back from the statutory scheme so as to ensure that the overall sentence is proportionate to the criminality involved in these offences, both in terms of culpability and harm, I consider that the appropriate minimum term for the sentences of life imprisonment on each of the counts of murder is one of 55 years.

 

[dotr]

Sept 14 2020
Manchester Arena Inquiry: Relatives present 'pen portraits'

''Bereaved families whose loved ones were killed in the Manchester Arena attack have shared their heartache as the inquiry heads into its second week.
The father of Martyn Hett was the first to present a "pen portrait" of his son, whose "memory will shine brightly".
The portraits will give each family the chance to present a personal insight into the lives of those who died.
Twenty-two people were killed when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb as 14,000 fans left the arena in May 2017.
The inquiry comes more than three years after the bombing at the end of an Ariana Grande concert, which left hundreds more injured.''

 

[Legally Bland]

The youngest victim of the Manchester Arena attack might have survived if she had received better first aid, a report commissioned by her family suggests.

Eight-year-old Saffie-Rose Roussos died as a result of losing too much blood from injuries to her legs.

It has emerged that no-one used simple tourniquets or splints to apply pressure and reduce the bleeding.

Previously, experts commissioned by the Manchester Arena Inquiry found that Saffie's injuries were not survivable.

This new information has come to light because lawyers representing the Roussos family commissioned different experts to look into the circumstances of her death. They believe that Saffie might have survived.

For the past three years, Saffie's parents have believed that she was killed instantly in the explosion. They say they drew comfort from thinking that she had not suffered. Now they have been told that their daughter lived for over an hour, and that opportunities were missed to help her.

The family has also discovered that Saffie asked a paramedic, "am I going to die?" as she was being taken to hospital by ambulance.

Manchester attack: Saffie-Rose Roussos 'could have survived with better first aid'

 

[JerseyGirl]

Manchester Arena bomber's brother trial date set

Ismail Abedi has not attended the public inquiry into the 2017 Manchester Arena attack.

www.bbc.com

The elder brother of the Manchester Arena bomber will stand trial in July for failing to attend the public inquiry into the 2017 attack.
Ismail Abedi, whose whereabouts have been unknown since he flew to Turkey, did not comply with the inquiry chairman's order to attend in October.

The 28-year-old was described as a key witness for the inquiry, which wanted to ask about how his younger brothers Salman and Hashem had been radicalised.

Mr Abedi's trial will start on 14 July.
District Judge Jack McGarva said Mr Abedi would be warned, via email, that his trial will go ahead without him if he fails to show up.

 

[Luwin]

Manchester Arena bomber's friend granted private parole hearing

The BBC argued an open hearing for convicted terrorist Abdalraouf Abdallah was in the public interest.

www.bbc.co.uk

A convicted terrorist who radicalised the Manchester Arena bomber has been granted a private hearing to decide if he can be released from prison.
Abdalraouf Abdallah, 30, was first jailed in 2016 for helping others go to Syria to join the Islamic State group.
He faces a Parole Board panel in April, which could result in him being freed on licence.
The BBC applied to have the hearing open to attend, but the Parole Board has rejected the application.
Abdallah was friends with Salman Abedi, whose suicide attack at the Manchester Arena on 22 May 2017 killed 22 people and injured hundreds of others.
Parole hearings are usually held in private, but since 2022 it has been possible to apply for them to held in public.

 

[dotr]

April 12 2025

Counter terror police investigating after brother of Manchester Arena bomber attacks prison officers

Hashem Abedi was jailed for at least 55 years after helping to plan the 2017 atrocity in which 22 people died.

news.sky.com

''Counter terrorism police are leading the investigation into an attack on three prison officers by the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber.

The Prison Officers Association (POA) said 28-year-old Hashem Abedi - the brother of Salman Abedi - threw hot cooking oil over the guards before stabbing them with homemade weapons.


He was sentenced in 2020 to at least 55 years in prison after being found guilty of 22 counts of murder over the 2017 atrocity.''

 

[dotr]

Prison officers stabbed by Manchester bombing plotter in stable condition

Two male officers sustained life-threatening injuries including burns, scalds and stab wounds in the "unprovoked" and "vicious" attack

torontosun.com

''Two male officers sustained life-threatening injuries including burns, scalds and stab wounds in the “unprovoked” and “vicious” attack at Frankland prison in the northeast of England, it added.

A female officer was released from the hospital on Saturday.

The union’s national chairman, Mark Fairhurst, said the attack was carried out in a separation center where inmates are allowed to use cooking facilities.

These specialized units within prison were introduced in 2017 after a spate of terror attacks in the U.K., including in Manchester, and were designed to isolate inmates deemed to have extremist political or religious views and prevent them from disrupting the prison estate, supporting acts of terrorism or radicalizing other inmates.''

 

[dotr]

rbbm

Manchester Arena families in 'disbelief' Hashem Abedi was able to attack prison officers

Families of five of Hashem Abedi's victims tell the government he should not be allowed any privileges in prison, in a letter seen by the BBC.

www.bbc.com

''The families asked Mahmood to "consider the full gravity of Abedi's actions when determining any further punishment".

They wrote "His continuing violence in prison, attacking prison officers in Belmarsh and now attempting to murder three more, shows he feels no remorse and has no respect for human life.

"We send our heartfelt sympathies to the three prison officers who were injured on Saturday, as well as their families. Hashem Abedi cannot be allowed to hurt anyone else.

"As broken families, we firmly believe the appropriate punishment for this individual should be permanent solitary confinement. In truth, anything harsher would be more fitting."

Family handouts
Twenty-two people were killed in the Manchester Arena bombing, with hundreds more injured

''The MoJ said in a statement responding to the letter: "Our thoughts remain with the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing and their families who are understandably concerned by the shocking attack at HMP Frankland this weekend.''

 

[Dotta]

"Little Saffie, 8,
suffered for an hour after the Manchester Arena bombing before she died.

She asked for her mum in her final minutes.

Now her dad reveals why he can no longer look at her face in their treasured photos.



For years Andrew and his wife Lisa had thought that their 'beautiful, perfect girl', who was standing just five metres from the suicide bomber Salman Abedi as he detonated the device in his backpack, had died instantly and painlessly.

That was not the case.

They've since learned she survived for 69 minutes,
and that opportunities to save her had been missed.

They learned things no parent should ever have to process.
Not only had Saffie been conscious towards the end,
but she had asked for her mum.

Her last recorded words,
in the ambulance, were:
'Am I going to die?'."

Manchester Arena bombing victim sufferered for an hour before she died

When Andrew Roussos was renovating this house - part of the impossible process of rebuilding his family's life - he took a sledgehammer to some internal walls.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Dotta]

"Manchester Arena bomber's brother ​

is caged in one of 12 'super cells' in UK's most secure jails after guards attack."​

Manchester Arena bomber's brother is caged in one of 12 'super cells'

Hashem Abedi is accused of attacking the three officers at HMP Frankland in County Durham with boiling oil and makeshift blades on Saturday March 12th.

www-dailymail-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org

 

[Dotta]

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