![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/the-uk-terror-survivors-tracked-down-by-disaster-trolls/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/127398193_martinhibbert.jpg&description=Image caption, Martin Hibbert and his daughter Eve have been targeted with conspiracy theoriesConspiracy theorists, who claim UK terror attacks have been staged, are tracking down survivors to their homes and workplaces to see if they are lying about their injuries, a BBC investigation has found.Martin Hibbert, who was paralysed from the waist down when he and his daughter Eve were caught in the blast of the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing, told the BBC he is now preparing to bring libel action against a man who says he spied on Eve from a vehicle parked outside her home. Richard D Hall, a conspiracy theorist based in Wales, has described how he physically tracks down survivors of the attack - in which 22 people were killed and more than 100 injured - to determine whether it was faked. In a video shared with his followers online, he demonstrates setting up a camera to film Eve - now profoundly disabled and in a wheelchair - to see whether she can in fact walk."I'm all for freedom of speech," Martin Hibbert told me. "But it crosses the line when you're saying I'm an actor or I've not got a spinal cord injury or Eve's not disabled, she's not in a wheelchair."You don't know how far he's going to go to get answers."Mr Hall suggests that those who were killed in the attack are really alive and living abroad. He also promotes theories that several other UK terror attacks were staged. A former engineer and website designer, he makes money from selling books and DVDs outlining his theories, as well as speaking at events and posting videos online. As recently as mid-October, he had more than 16 million views and 80,000 subscribers on YouTube. When I confronted Mr Hall at a market stall he runs, he insisted I'm wrong about how he operates. For the past five months I've been looking into conspiracy theorists who target UK terror survivors for BBC Panorama and a Radio 4 podcast. My investigations and new research, along with the testimony of those affected, show that conspiracy t){kind=link}
Conspiracy theorists, who claim UK terror attacks have been staged, are tracking down survivors to their homes and workplaces to see if they are lying about their injuries, a BBC investigation has found.
Martin Hibbert, who was paralysed from the waist down when he and his daughter Eve were caught in the blast of the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing, told the BBC he is now preparing to bring libel action against a man who says he spied on Eve from a vehicle parked outside her home.
Richard D Hall, a conspiracy theorist based in Wales, has described how he physically tracks down survivors of the attack – in which 22 people were killed and more than 100 injured – to determine whether it was faked. In a video shared with his followers online, he demonstrates setting up a camera to film Eve – now profoundly disabled and in a wheelchair – to see whether she can in fact walk.
“I’m all for freedom of speech,” Martin Hibbert told me. “But it crosses the line when you’re saying I’m an actor or I’ve not got a spinal cord injury or Eve’s not disabled, she’s not in a wheelchair.
“You don’t know how far he’s going to go to get answers.”