(ITV) The older brother of Manchester Arena suicide bomber Salman Abedi will go on trial over his failure to attend the public inquiry into the attack.
Ismail Abedi, also known as Ishmale Abedi and Ishmale Ben Romdhan, was ordered to give evidence to the hearings in October 2021, but flew out of the UK before the hearing.
A summons was then issued at the request of the inquiry’s chairman Sir John Saunders after he failed to attend.
As a result Ismail Abedi was due before Manchester Magistrates Court on Friday, 17 June — but he did not attend.
Lawyers for the inquiry told the court an email had been sent to Abedi, representing a summons for him to appear at the court to face the charge of failing to comply with the court order to attend the inquiry.
