Kelly Brewster

Kelly Brewster, aged 32, from Sheffield, South Yorkshire was killed in the Manchester Arena bombing.

On 22 May 2017, at approximately 10:31 p.m., Salman Abedi, a 22-year-old British-Libyan man born in Manchester to Libyan parents, carried out a suicide bombing at the Manchester Arena in England at the end of an Ariana Grande concert. 

Abedi, a UK citizen who had recently returned from Libya, detonated a TATP-based nail bomb packed with shrapnel in the City Room foyer, killing 22 people (including children) and injuring 1,017 others (239 with physical injuries). 

His younger brother, Hashem Abedi (also British-Libyan), helped source materials and coordinate the attack from Libya; he was later convicted in the UK of 22 counts of murder, attempted murder, and conspiracy to cause an explosion, receiving a life sentence with a minimum term of 55 years. 

Kelly Brewster had been “so excited” going to the concert, because she and her “soulmate” Ian Winslow had had an offer accepted on a new four-bedroom home that morning, her family said.

They said she had already planned which room was going to be Ian’s daughter Phoebe’s bedroom and which would be the nursery for the baby the pair were trying for.

The family said Kelly hit it off with Ian at her 30th birthday party and they were “made for each other”, adding she and Phoebe were like “best mates”.

Her friend Jen, who Kelly met when she was travelling in Australia, said she “loved life more than anyone she had ever met”, adding that her “zest for life and happiness was infectious”.

Rest in peace Kelly. You will not be forgotten.