Ismail Abedi wants promise from attorney general his answers will not ‘land him in the dock’

The elder brother of the Manchester Arena bombers has asked for immunity from prosecution in return for answering questions at the public inquiry into the terror attack.

Ismail Abedi wants a promise from the attorney general that if he were to give evidence his answers will not “land him in the dock”, his solicitor, Jeremy Hawthorn, told the hearing.

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