You face a bully straight on and that's what I've done

ARENA BOMB SURVIVOR TELLS OF PAIN CONSPIRACY THEORIST PUT FAMILY THROUGH AS HE AND DAUGHTER AWARDED DAMAGES

- PAUL BRITTON

MANCHESTER Arena bomb survivor Martin Hibbert said he'd taken on a bully and won after he was awarded a combined £45,000 damages together with his daughter following harassment by a conspiracy theorist.

Mr Hibbert, who was left paralysed with a spinal cord injury, said he wanted the High Court case against Richard D Hall to 'open the door for change to protect others' And he said their victory 'sends out a message to conspiracy theorists that you cannot ignore all acceptable evidence and harass innocent people! His legal team, meanwhile, said the 'hugely important case' had 'set a precedent which will hopefully see more people who engage in this sort of behaviour challenged!

The M.E.N. reported last month they won the harassment case against Hall, a self-styled journalist and former TV producer who believes the 2017 bombing, in which 22 people died, was a hoax.