Manchester Arena attack conspiracist ordered to pay £45k

A conspiracist who claimed the Manchester Arena bombing onslaught was staged has been ordered to wage £45,000 successful damages.

Two survivors of the attack, which killed 22 people, person been awarded damages of £22,500 each against erstwhile TV producer, Richard Hall.

Martin Hibbert and his girl Eve, of Chorley, sued Hall for harassment and they won the lawsuit past month.

Mr Hibbert was near with a spinal cord wounded and Ms Hibbert suffered terrible encephalon harm arsenic a effect of the bombing.

Hall had told the tribunal his actions, which included filming Eve extracurricular her home, were successful the nationalist involvement arsenic a writer and claimed "millions of people" had "bought a lie" astir the attack.

As good arsenic those who died, hundreds of radical were injured successful the onslaught erstwhile Salman Abedi detonated a homemade rucksack-bomb successful the foyer of the venue arsenic thousands of radical near an Ariana Grande concert.

Mrs Justice Steyn declined to grant aggravated damages.

She said Hall’s relationship was “preposterous and untrue” but she accepted helium continued to judge it was true.

She said some begetter and girl were susceptible and the harassment had been prolonged.

She besides imposed an injunction connected Hall, aimed astatine stopping him harassing the Hibberts successful future, and ordered him to wage 90% of the Hibberts' ineligible costs.