BBC investigation reveals conspiracy theorists tracking down terror survivors

A BBC investigation has found that conspiracy theorists are tracking down terror survivors to see if they are lying about their injuries.

One conspiracy theorist, Richard D Hall, has said he physically tracks down survivors of the Manchester Arena attack to establish if the attack was faked.

One survivor, Martin Hibbert, is preparing to bring libel action against Hall. Hibbert was paralysed from the waist down in the attack. His daughter Eve also uses a wheelchair.

In a video shared online, Hall set up a camera to film Eve, to see if she could walk.

He claims that those who were killed in the attack are actually alive and living abroad. He also shares theories that other terror attacks were staged. He makes money selling books and DVDs spreading his views and speaking at events and sharing videos online. He has 80,000 subscribers on YouTube and more than 16 million views.

Hall has posted the names and locations of Manchester survivors online and asked his followers to send him information about them.

Lisa Bridgett, who lost a finger in the Manchester attack, said: "It makes you feel very security conscious, because you just don't know who's out there and who might be lurking in a garden or standing round a corner with a hidden camera on."

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