Why Hashem Abedi could not be given a whole life term as murderer avoids 'just sentence'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukHashem Abedi was handed a record-breaking 55-year minimum term.Mr Justice Jeremy Baker said he would have imposed the most severe punishment but Abedi, now 23, was under 21 at the time he orchestrated the atrocity in 2017.The judge said the issue of whole-life sentences was a matter for Parliament to legislate rather than for judges, who are bound to sentence within the existing law.But he said in his sentencing remarks that a whole-life order would have been a "just sentence" in the "exceptional circumstances", bearing in mind the young age of the targets attending the Ariana Grande concert and how many were killed.He told the court: "I have no doubt that if the accused, like his brother, had been 21 years of age or over at the time of the.
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