Grenfell fire investigation file handed to prosecutors
London's Metropolitan Police has passed its investigation file on the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire, which killed 72 people, to the Crown Prosecution Service. Bereaved families say they have waited nearly nine years for justice.
The Metropolitan Police has submitted its investigation file on the Grenfell Tower fire to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which will now decide whether to bring criminal charges. The 2017 fire at the London tower block killed 72 people.
Families demand accountability
Grenfell United, a group representing bereaved families and survivors, said no family should have to fight so hard, for so long, for justice. The group noted that more than nine years have passed since the fire, and no one has yet been held criminally accountable for the deaths of their 72 loved ones.
The organisation said it wants those responsible to face justice, and that if people are found guilty of crimes that cost lives, it wants to see them imprisoned. Only then, the group said, will people see there are real consequences for what happened at Grenfell.
Political response
Joe Powell, MP for Kensington and Bayswater, welcomed the news that the file had been passed to prosecutors but said bereaved families and survivors have already endured an agonising nine-year wait for justice. He said he would continue working with government ministers to ensure everything possible is done to deliver justice as swiftly as possible and to avoid any further delays.
