The elder brother of the Manchester Arena bomber was 'determined' not to co-operate with the public inquiry into the atrocity 'from the first', a QC said as Ishmale Abedi was found guilty in his absence of failing to comply with a legal requirement to attend and give evidence.
Nicholas de la Poer QC, prosecuting on behalf of the inquiry's chairman, told a court: "He has prevaricated. He has obfuscated.
"He has thrown up every obstacle he could think of. And when those failed, he fled the jurisdiction. In the end it comes down to this. He was lawfully required to attend, he did not attend and there is no good reason for him not attending."
