'Homeless hero' who stole phones from Manchester bombing victims, cancelled calls and replied 'sorry can't talk now' to loved ones desperately trying to get hold of their injured families is jailed for four years

A homeless man who stole phones from victims of the Manchester Arena attack and replied 'sorry I can't talk now' as loved ones tried to desperately get hold of them was today jailed for more than four years. 

Chris Parker, 33, shamelessly ransacked victim's bags following the devastating bombing in May last year which killed 22 people and injured 400 others following an Ariana Grande concert.

He admitted stealing a purse belonging to Pauline Healey, 64, whose 14-year-old granddaughter Sorrell Leczkowski was killed in the terror attack.

Parker also stone an iPhone from a 14-year-old girl who was badly injured in the atrocity and rejected calls from her worried family members.

Parker, sporting a black goatee beard, wore a grey jumper in the dock and was today jailed for four years and three months by Judge David Hernandez.

The judge told him: 'You represented yourself as a hero. Sadly you were not the hero you pretended to be. You were just a common thief.'

Parker was also banned from entering Manchester city centre for the next 10 years.  

A heartbreaking victim impact statement was read out in court today which was written by the mother of a girl whose phone was stolen by Parker.  

She spoke of the frustration caused as people tried to ring her daughters phone to find out how she was.

Parker declined calls made to the phone and sent a message back saying: 'Sorry I can't speak right now.'

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