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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Paul Britton

Manchester Arena bomb survivors file legal action against conspiracy theorist

Survivors of the Manchester Arena terrorist bombing of 2017 are reportedly taking legal action against a conspiracy theorist who claims the outrage didn't happen and was a 'deep state plot'.

Martin Hibbert and his daughter, Eve, were both left with severe disabilities after the blast, which followed an Ariana Grande concert and left 22 people dead. Mr Hibbert, from Bolton, who uses a wheelchair, suffered 22 shrapnel wounds, including one that severed his spinal cord, as he attempted to shield Eve from the explosion.

In October last year, he spoke out to reveal he had been notified by police about one conspiracy theorist. An investigation for the BBC's Panorama programme reported Richard D Hall, whose YouTube channel once had more than 80,000 followers, visited victims' homes and even set up cameras in a bid to prove they had lied about their injuries.

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