BREAKING: Hashem Abedi and two other terrorists guilty of attacking prison officer at HMP Belmarsh
manchestereveningnews.co.ukHashem Abedi has been found guilty of attacking a prison officer at HMP Belmarsh. Abedi, who plotted the Manchester Arena terror attack alongside his brother, suicide bomber Salman Abedi, has been convicted alongside two other terrorists.
Parsons Green Tube bomber Ahmed Hassan, 22, and Muhammed Saeed, 23, who spoke about carrying out a knife attack in London, were also found guilty.
The attack took place in Belmarsh’s high security unit on May 11, 2020. Prison officer Paul Edwards, 57, was hit with a chair and repeatedly punched and kicked by Abedi, Hassan and Saeed.
All three prisoners denied assault causing actual bodily harm (ABH) to Mr Edwards but were found guilty at Woolwich Crown Court today by a jury after around three-and-a-half hours of deliberations.
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