Hashem Abedi, 23, had denied helping plan the blast but was found guilty of murder, attempted murder and conspiring to cause explosions.
The brother of the suicide bomber who set off an explosion at a 2017 Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, killing 22 people and injuring hundreds, was sentenced Thursday to a minimum of 55 years in prison.
Hashem Abedi refused to attend court for the two-day sentencing hearing, which heard powerful testimony from the families of the victims, many of whom fought back tears as they described their grief. The judge said that had the younger brother been over age 21 at the time of the explosion, he would have been given a"whole-life term." Instead, he was sentenced to serve a minimum of 55 years before parole may be considered.
The brothers were born in Manchester to Libyan parents. They had travelled to Libya the month before the attack. Salman returned to the U.K. on May 18, 2017, when he finalized preparations for the attack. Hashem remained in Libya until he was extradited to Britain and arrested at a London airport last year.
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