Final report from public inquiry into Arena bombing to be published in stages and evidence could be heard until November next year
manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxAn official report arising from evidence heard at the public inquiry into the Manchester Arena bombing will be published in stages on a 'rolling basis' instead of in full at its conclusion.And Paul Greaney QC, counsel for the inquiry, said oral evidence hearings could continue until November next year.That would mean the inquiry lasting for more than 12 months.Evidence in chapter 10 of the inquiry, which will examine the emergency services response to the bombing, could take up to 20 weeks alone to be heard.But those timescales, Mr Greaney said, were 'too long' as he revealed a review of the inquiry's timetable was now underway.Mr Greaney said it was the intention of the inquiry's chairman, Sir John Saunders, to publish.
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