The Old Bailey heard last Friday that the brother of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi (pictured) told police he would have 'reported it to (his) mother' had he suspected his sibling's murderous intent.
Hashem Abedi said he had no involvement in the 'instigation, preparation or commission' of the 2017 attack and added he was 'shocked' when he discovered his older brother detonated his suicide bomb on May 22 2017, killing 22 and injuring hundreds of others as thousands of men, women and children left the Ariana Grande pop concert.
Hashem, 22, was arrested in Libya - where he was allegedly tortured - the day after the atrocity before being sent back to the UK to face police questions amid prosecution claims he was complicit in sourcing and stockpiling components for the bomb and condemned his brother's action in a statement to police made last summer and read before the jury at the Old Bailey on Friday, saying he did not think his brother 'had it in him'.
Hashem declined to answer detectives' questions but instead issued the prepared statement through his solicitor setting out his denial, the court heard.
Hashem denies 22 counts of murder, one count of attempted murder encompassing the injured survivors and conspiring with his brother to cause explosions. The trial, resumed this week.
