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Manchester Evening News
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Ashlie Blakey

Hashem Abedi says he 'will be leaving jail very soon' as he's caught smiling seconds before ​prison officer attack

Hashem Abedi today told a judge he 'will be leaving jail very soon' after he was sentenced for attacking two prison officers.

The convicted terrorist, who plotted the Manchester Arena terror attack alongside his brother, suicide bomber Salman Abedi, was today found guilty of the attacks in a high security unit at HMP Belmarsh.

Before being sentenced, Abedi, who is currently serving a minimum of 55 years in prison, told a judge the extra three years and 10 months of jail time 'would not make any difference'.

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