Manchester Arena bomber's brother said 'would have told mother' if he 'suspected terror attack plot'

The brother of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi told police he would have 'reported it to mother' had he suspected his sibling's murderous intent, the Old Bailey heard Friday. Off-duty police officer Elaine McIver, 43, Saffie Roussos, 8, Sorrell Leczkowski, 14, Eilidh MacLeod, 14, Nell Jones, 14, Olivia Campbell-Hardy, 15, Megan Hurley, 15, Georgina Callander, 18,, Chloe Rutherford,17, Liam Curry, 19, Courtney Boyle, 19, and Philip Tron, 32, John Atkinson, 26, Martyn Hett, 29, Kelly Brewster, 32, Angelika Klis, 39, Marcin Klis, 42, Michelle Kiss, 45, Alison Howe, 45, and Lisa Lees, 43 Wendy Fawell, 50 and Jane Tweddle, 51 Hashem declined to answer detectives' questions but instead issued the prepared statement through his solicitor setting out his denial, the court heard. He caught a tram the short distance to Victoria Station, getting off the tram at 8.30pm, carrying the rucksack CCTV handout photo dated 22/05/17 issued by Greater Manchester Police of Salman Abedi on the night he carried out the Manchester Arena terror attack The court previously heard that the brothers allegedly duped friends and associates into helping to buy components of TATP, while switching vehicles and phones to ensure their actions went undetected. The 22 Victims of the Manchester bombing The 22 people who were killed were: Elaine McIver, 43, Saffie Roussos, eight Sorrell Leczkowski, 14 Eilidh MacLeod, 14 Nell Jones, 14 Olivia Campbell-Hardy, 15 Megan Hurley, 15 Georgina Callander, 18 Chloe Rutherford, 17 Liam Curry, 19 Courtney Boyle, 19 Philip Tron, 32 John Atkinson, 28 Martyn Hett, 29 Kelly Brewster, 32 Angelika Klis, 39 Marcin Klis, 42 Michelle Kiss, 45 Alison Howe, 44 Lisa Lees, 43 Wendy Fawell, 50 Jane Tweddle, 51 Jurors were then told about the 22 victims, aged between eight and 51, who were killed in the blast.