Grenfell grounds for corporate manslaughter charges
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Police inspecting the blaze at Grenfell towers say they have reason to believe that corporate manslaughter may have been committed.
Following the Grenfell tower blaze on June 14, where the number of deaths still yet to be confirmed. The Metropolitan Police have stated the Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation and Kensington and Chelsea Council could be liable and prosecuted for the offence.
The inferno destroyed an entire tower block last month, leaving families and a community devastated and displaced. The Met have have said that they are committed to keeping the residents informed in regards to the investigations that are taking place.
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Although investigations are still taking place the police have said that the facts up until this point are only updates and that the acknowledged violations and organisations are the only offences, organisations or individuals that are being investigated.
The letter stated: “In due course, a senior representative of each corporation will be formally interviewed by police in relation to the potential offence.”
There are still many displaced families. “It is still chaotic, the whole process of housing people and getting them social housing and helping them with mental health support,” Emma Dent Coad, the newly elected MP for the area, told the Press Association.
Coroner Dr Fiona Wilcox announced that 34 of at least 80 people believed to have died in the blaze have been officially identified, as 10 more inquests were opened and adjourned at Westminster Coroner’s Court. She has postponed all 30 inquests held so far as the public inquiry and criminal investigation are carried out.
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