The man who plotted with his brother to set off a bomb at the Manchester Arena has refused to appear in court over charges of attempted murder of prison guards.

Hashem Abedi, 28, was charged with three counts of attempted murder after four prison officers were injured in an ambush at his maximum security prison.

He also faces one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and one count of unauthorised possession of a knife or offensive weapon, after the attack at HMP Frankland in Co Durham on April 12.

Abedi has refused to appear for his hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday morning.

Three prison officers were taken to hospital with serious injuries after Abedi threw hot oil and attacked them with improvised weapons.

Abedi was found guilty of 22 counts of murder,

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