(BBC) A friend of the Manchester Arena bomber whose bank details were used to buy chemicals for the bomb has been handed a 12-month community order.
Manchester Crown Court heard Yahya Werfalli’s bank details were used to buy hydrogen peroxide on Amazon.
The chemical was acquired by brothers Salman and Hashem Abedi for the bomb that killed 22 people in May 2017.
Judge Patrick Field QC told the court Werfalli “had no idea what the Abedi brothers were up to.”
He said the defendant — who had engaged in other frauds in the past — would have been charged with a more serious offence had his own activity with the Abedis involved more than fraud.
