The Met Police has said up to 57 individuals and 20 companies could face criminal charges over the Grenfell Tower fire.
The Met Police has said up to 57 individuals and 20 companies could face criminal charges over the Grenfell Tower fire.
72 people died in the disaster, which was fuelled by flammable cladding. A public inquiry found the disaster was avoidable.
But charges may not be brought until next year, and a trial is unlikely before 2029 – 12 years after the fire. Bereaved families and survivors say the wait for justice is ‘unacceptable’
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Bereaved relatives and survivors say they have already faced an unacceptably long wait for justice
Police seek prosecutions nearly a decade after Britain’s worst modern residential blaze killed 72.
British police plan to ask prosecutors to consider charging 57 people and 20 organizations over the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in…
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'Charging decisions are an important step but for grieving families, justice still moves with agonising slowness'
