Manchester Arena bomber's brother Hashem Abedi gets life in prison with minimum term of 55 years

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Eccles, to the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, after suffering a catastrophic bleed on the brain.

was jailed for life, to serve a minimum of 55 years, on Thursday.

Hashem Abedi, 23, was found guilty of helping his younger sibling Salman commit the ISIS-inspired atrocity following a seven-week trial at the Old Bailey in London. A jury found Abedi guilty on 22 counts of murder; one count of attempted murder concerning those who were injured but survived the blast; and conspiring with his brother to cause an explosion.

Ariana Grande concert at the venue in May 2017.He died in the attack, blowing himself up in the arena foyer as many of Grande’s fans – including young children – left the venue to meet their parents.In March, Hashem Abedi was found guilty of 22 counts of murder, attempted murder and a charge of conspiracy to cause explosions.

Manchester Arena mass murderer Hashem Abedi has refused to enter court to be sentenced for his role in the bombing.The 23-year-old, the younger brother of homegrown suicide bomber Salman Abedi, was absent from the Old Bailey's courtroom number two on Wednesday, having effectively withdrawn from the trial part-way through, although he was said to be in the building.Family members of some of the 22 people killed in the atrocity were present as Mr Justice Jeremy Baker was informed of

Hashem Abedi was thousands of miles away - on another continent - when his older brother Salman calmly crossed the foyer outside the Manchester Arena at 10.30pm on Monday May 22, 2017 with a deadly bomb hidden in his large backpack. It may have been Salman Abedi who subsequently flicked the switch that detonated the homemade explosive, sending thousands of nails, screws and bits of shrapnel into the bodies of innocent men, women and children nearby.

Hashem Abedi, now 23, was found guilty of 22 counts of murder; attempted murder; and plotting to cause an explosion likely to endanger life.

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