Libyan wins £83K damages over Manchester Arena bombing story

(BBC) A Libyan man arrested in connection with the Manchester Arena bombing has been awarded £83,000 in damages after his details were published online.

Alaedeen Sicri, 26, was held but later released without charge following the attack in 2017 which killed 22 people.

He was not identified by Greater Manchester Police but the MailOnline published his name, images and other details after his arrest on 29 May.

A High Court judge ruled his rights had been “violated” in doing so.

Mr Sicri sued MailOnline‘s publisher Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL) for damages for alleged misuse of private information after it named him, said he was a “trainee Libyan pilot” and used two photographs of him, taken from his own Facebook page.

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