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Seems to be the British way doesn’t it - based on precedents like Hillsborough, the Post Office and infected blood scandals, they’ve got about another twenty year wait to come.Originally Posted by jon1959
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...-to-face-trial
The bereaved and survivors of Grenfell Tower must wait until at least 2027 – a decade after the blaze that killed 72 people – before those suspected of being responsible for the disaster could face criminal trials, it has emerged.
Families described the news as “shocking” and called the wait for charges for people to be held accountable for their crimes “unbearable”.
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It amounts to a more than four-year delay on an earlier expected timetable and comes because the police say they must take into account the final report of the public inquiry, which could take 18 months.
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A statement from Grenfell United, a group of bereaved and survivors, said: “10 years until we see justice”. It continued: “10 years until we see prosecutions. 10 years until those responsible for the murders of 72 people are held to account for their crimes. This should be shocking for everyone, but for us, we live our lives on hold while those responsible walk free.”
The public inquiry has yet to set a date for publication but it will be after the seventh anniversary of the fire, which is next month.
The police also revealed that 58 individuals and 19 companies and organisations are suspects, with potential charges now including misconduct in public office, indicating that local and national government politicians and officials could face trial.
Detectives declined to name individual suspects but said other possible crimes also include corporate manslaughter, gross negligence manslaughter, fraud and perverting the course of justice.
They also confirmed explicitly that they believe that the deaths caused by the fire were the result of criminal acts.
Seems to be the British way doesn’t it - based on precedents like Hillsborough, the Post Office and infected blood scandals, they’ve got about another twenty year wait to come.
Ain’t nothing in the World like British Justice! May be my age but ever since Maggie it’s all gone to pot.
The Tories said they were onto this , what a sham
Poor people
But if it was a PPE contract it would be fast laned all the way into awaiting rich peoples pockets 👍
https://www.theguardian.com/society/...-grenfell-fire
No longer newsworthy but the scandal keeps on and on....
Hundreds of thousands of disabled residents in high-rise buildings are at risk without evacuation plans, firefighters have warned, seven years on from the Grenfell Tower fire.
The Fire Brigades’ Union (FBU) and the charity Disability Rights UK said the government’s failure to implement evacuation plans for vulnerable residents, one of the main recommendations from the first-phase report of the Grenfell Tower inquiry, meant “disabled people will continue to face unnecessary and avoidable danger and/or death”.
Friday marks the seventh anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, when 72 people died after a blaze engulfed the block of flats in west London. About 40% of the building’s disabled or vulnerable residents died.
The general secretary of the FBU, Matt Wrack, told the Guardian: “To this day, hundreds of thousands of vulnerable high-rise residents are being left with no evacuation plan in the event of a fire because the Home Office is failing to act.
“It is the duty of those who own and manage tower blocks to ensure their tenants can evacuate in an emergency. The Grenfell Tower fire was a crime caused by negligence, deregulation and privatisation. Instead of lessons being learned, profits are being prioritised over human life once again.”
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...on-anniversary
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