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Episode 247 – The 2017 Manchester Bombing

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True Crime

4.518.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

On 22 May 2017, as Ariana Grande hit the high notes of her final song to a sold-out Manchester Arena, Salman Abedi hit the button on a homemade bomb. The resulting explosion killed Abedi and 22 other innocent people, and left over 1,000 more injured.

The country mourned, millions of pounds were raised, and we all promised not to let hate win.

But as the dust settled, a worrying question started being asked: how did a known terrorist sympathiser who had fought alongside an ISIL militia slip through the UK’s counterterrorism net?

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0:14.9

I'm Sruti. I'm Hannah and welcome to Redhanded. Before we get on with today's episode, do you want full-length bonus episodes of Redhanded?

0:24.2

I feel like you probably do. I don't. You don't? I'm fucking sick of it. Then stop fucking listening to me right now.

0:30.6

Because last month for our delightful patrons, we released an episode on none other than Joe Methney. If you recognize that name, you will know it's because he is of course the Hamburg Accountable Serial Killer.

0:43.6

And this month we are doing a big old deep dive into the world of DNA, exploring three different cases in which DNA helped or

0:51.9

totally fucked everything up. It's a big mix. It's a big mix. DNA, my friends, I've been saying it for fucking years. It's not all it's correct up to be.

1:00.6

It's definitely not a magic bullet. And also just because people always, always, always ask about Patreon. Yes, when you sign up to become a patron of Redhanded, you get full access to the entire back catalogue. That is weeks, months, maybe even years of extra delicious content. I don't know. I haven't added up the hours.

1:21.2

But there's a lot of it. And we also, of course, do a weekly after party show on Patreon. And that's for everybody from like $5 an up. And it is of course called under the duvet where we talk about anything and everything from what's going on in Ukraine to Chris Rock getting slapped. And of course the Johnny Depp, the Amber herd shit show.

1:41.3

And on the topic of the shit show that is captivating the world and my entire TikTok for you page at the moment, everyone is talking about I'm watching the Johnny Depp trial, including us.

1:55.1

And good news is there's company who is streaming the entire thing and that company is called Lauren crime and they have a great daily dep recap podcast called Lauren crime sidebar, which you can and should definitely check out.

2:13.2

Here's how it works every morning they recap the top three moments from the defamation trial and provide analysis with the reporters who are actually in the courtroom.

2:22.4

So if you fancy there, it's called Lauren crime sidebar and it's available on Apple and on Spotify and probably some other places as well. And there is also a video version on law and crimes, very own YouTube channel.

2:35.8

That's enough of that if you're on the internet, you are getting more than your fair share of the Johnny Depp Amber herd stuff. So let's talk about something else. Shall we?

2:42.5

No more internet for you today. No more internet. Get off the internet. So today's case is a biggie. And if you during this episode, here's some gentle snoring in the background. It's not me or Hannah.

2:55.4

It is. No, it might be Hannah, but it is a most definitely a very little but very loud dog. We have joining us in the studio today.

3:04.6

As I walked into the office today, the receptionist was like, oh my god, he's such a unit. He isn't. He is the definition of an absolute unit.

3:13.8

I want to get him a little jacket that's a security.

3:17.0

We'll post a picture of him. He is. Well, I feel like we're just being really cryptic. He's blue to he's not my blue. He's blue to.

3:24.5

And if you're a patron, you'll know exactly who blue to is, but I'll post a picture of him so you can see what a fucking unit. He is and also understand why the snoring is quite so loud.

3:33.7

But we can't put him in any other room because he starts barking so he has to sit in here apparently.

3:39.0

So let's kick off in the UK, the US and most of the West.

3:44.2

We live safe in the knowledge that around the clock invisible powers are making sure that we're protected from terrorism.

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