Manchester Arena inquiry: 'No hope whatsoever' of bomber Salman Abedi being spotted before attack

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The inquiry has been told Abedi hid in a CCTV blind spot on the mezzanine level for almost an hour before the detonation. Sir John said: "We know there was a blank spot on the CCTV where he was."So had it not been for a member of the public pointing out this suspicious character to one of your staff, there actually was on the basis of the measures in existence, no hope whatsoever of you picking up Salman Abedi wasn't there?"Mr Rigby said: "Not unless someone had reported it earlier that they had spotted him."Sir John said it was a case of 'relying on a member of the public' to bring Abedi to the attention of the security operation.Christopher Wild, who was at the Arena to collect his daughter and her friend, has already told how he.