Men outside court.
Richard Hall (left) harassed Martin Hibbert and his daughter Eve (PA)

Two survivors of the Manchester Arena bombing have won a High Court case against a man who harassed them with claims the attack was staged.

Martin Hibbert and his daughter Eve suffered life-changing injuries in the terrorist attack that killed 22 people and injured hundreds as they left an Ariana Grande concert in 2017.

But former television producer Richard Hall claimed there was no bomb at all, even filming Miss Hibbert outside her home to make his claim.

The Hibberts sued Mr Hall for harassment and data protection over the claims he made in several videos and a book.

Mr Hall said his actions were in the public interest as a journalist, telling the court: ‘The primary evidence shows there was no bomb in that room that exploded.’

Ruling in the Hibberts’ favour on the harassment claim, Mrs Justice Steyn said there was ‘powerful evidence that Mr Hall’s course of conduct caused Mr Hibbert to suffer alarm, distress and anxiety’.

She said she would not decide the data protection claim at this stage.

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