The Mancunian Way: The fine detail
03.03.2023 - 21:27
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Many crucial questions regarding the Manchester Arena terror attack remain unanswered. Many too have been answered with brutal frankness.
The public inquiry into the atrocity spanned two-years with evidence from 267 witnesses. It uncovered a litany of failings by emergency services, arena staff and MI5 and exposed the best and worst of humanity.
The families of those murdered in the attack heard harrowing medical evidence, complex legalese and heartbreaking testimony about their loved ones’ last moments. But, in the name of national security, they were also locked out of discussions about the security services and if they could have stopped Salman Abedi. The final report will be cold comfort to them after they paid the ultimate price for these failings.
Reporter Paul Britton covered the inquiry from the very first day back in September 2020. Crime reporter John Scheerhout also reported on large chunks and together they covered each day of the inquiry, as well as the trial of Salman Abedi’s extremist brother Hashem for the Manchester Evening News.
It has given both journalists a unique perspective on the extraordinary processes that followed the atrocity. Paul and John are cut from the same cloth - reporters used to getting on with any story they are assigned because ‘it’s the job’.
But hearing evidence that brought even inquiry chairman, Sir John Saunders to tears cannot have been easy. They wouldn't say it themselves so I will - they have done an incredible job in covering
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