Survivor of Manchester Arena attack talks about conspiracy theorist

Twenty-two people were killed and hundreds of others injured when suicide bomber Salman Abedi detonated a homemade device in the venue’s foyer as the crowd left an Ariana Grande concert.

Hall had told the court his claims were in the public interest as a journalist and claimed “millions of people” had “bought a lie” about the attack.

Mr Hibbert told BBC Radio Lancashire: “The trial took place in July and I came face to face with him for a week while he was there in person saying he believed these things.

‘Worst of all was when I had to get Eve’s birth certificate and send it to court because he didn’t think I was Eve’s father.

“It still touches my heart that he said that. I will never forgive him for that.

“All other things are sticks and stones, but when someone says you’re not someone’s father, it shows how low he is.”

He said Hall, who also had to pay around £240,000 in court costs, “showed no remorse”.

“He did a runner out of the courtroom. It looked like something out of Wylie Coyote, all the steam came out of his feet as he ran out,” Hibbert said.

“He is convinced that there was no bomb, it was a setup by the government and we are crisis actors. Even the judge said it’s absurd and fantastic. You believe what you say and that is his right, but I do not accept it.” .”