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No prosecutions likely over London's Grenfell Tower fire until 2021: police
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS MARCH 6, 2019 / 5:19 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
No prosecutions likely over London's Grenfell Tower fire until 2021: police
LONDON (Reuters) - British police said on Wednesday that it was unlikely that prosecutors would consider whether anyone should face criminal charges over the deadly Grenfell Tower fire until the end of 2021.
Grenfell Tower, a social housing block in west London, was engulfed by flames in the middle of the night of June 14, 2017, killing 71 people in the country’s deadliest domestic fire since World War Two.
Police have said they were considering possible criminal offences including gross negligence manslaughter, corporate manslaughter and breaches of the Health and Safety Act.
However, on Wednesday Detective Superintendent Matt Bonner, the officer leading the investigation, said detectives and prosecutors had agreed that they needed to take into account findings from an ongoing public inquiry before deciding whether any charges should be brought.
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No prosecutions likely over London's Grenfell Tower fire until 2021: police
LONDON (Reuters) - British police said on Wednesday that it was unlikely that prosecutors would consider whether anyone should face criminal charges over the deadly Grenfell Tower fire until the end of 2021.
Grenfell Tower, a social housing block in west London, was engulfed by flames in the middle of the night of June 14, 2017, killing 71 people in the country’s deadliest domestic fire since World War Two.
Police have said they were considering possible criminal offences including gross negligence manslaughter, corporate manslaughter and breaches of the Health and Safety Act.
However, on Wednesday Detective Superintendent Matt Bonner, the officer leading the investigation, said detectives and prosecutors had agreed that they needed to take into account findings from an ongoing public inquiry before deciding whether any charges should be brought.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-fire/no-prosecutions-likely-over-londons-grenfell-tower-fire-until-2021-police-idUSKCN1QN2TM