UK police say grounds for corporate manslaughter over Grenfell fire - Polidicks

[URL="https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2017/0727/893480-grenfell-tower-fire/"]RTE News:[/URL] [QUOTE]Detectives investigating the Grenfell Tower fire have "reasonable grounds" to suspect that corporate manslaughter offences may have been committed, Scotland Yard has said. In a letter to residents, the force said that senior figures from Kensington and Chelsea Council and the Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation faced being interviewed by police. The letter said: "We have seized a huge amount of material and taken a large number of witness statements. "After an initial assessment of that information, the officer leading the investigation has today notified Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that each organisation may have committed the offence of corporate manslaughter under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007." At least 80 people were killed when the blaze ripped through the 24-storey block of flats in west London on 14 June. It added: "In due course, a senior representative of each corporation will be formally interviewed by police in relation to the potential offence. "This interview will not take place immediately, since it is important that all relevant facts and information have been gathered before any such interview is conducted." The force added that the facts were "simply an update on the investigation so far", adding: "The content of this note should not be taken to conclude that the identified offences and organisations are the only offences, organisations or individuals that are being investigated." The Metropolitan Police said it was committed to keeping those affected by the fire updated on the investigation.[/QUOTE] Justice might be served?

What do you call this if it isn't manslaughter? As a direct result of cutting costs almost a hundred died and many more had their lives irreversibly changed because of the company and local government's decisions.

Really hoping this doesn't become the new Hillsborough....

[QUOTE=GrizzlyBear;52514092]Really hoping this doesn't become the new Hillsborough....[/QUOTE] I would hope British people would be angry enough and informed enough to prevent a situation like that happening again. Especially since if any newspaper attempted to make the Grenfell victims look in any way like the villain, they'd be crucified.

[QUOTE=BlackMageMari;52514100]I would hope British people would be angry enough and informed enough to prevent a situation like that happening again. Especially since if any newspaper attempted to make the Grenfell victims look in any way like the villain, they'd be crucified.[/QUOTE] IIRC one of the Murdoch rags already tried running front page stories with a residents face pictured, claiming he and his faulty refrigerator were to blame, so I wouldn't put it past them to give it a go anyway.

[QUOTE=BlackMageMari;52514061][URL="https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2017/0727/893480-grenfell-tower-fire/"]RTE News:[/URL] Justice might be served?[/QUOTE] I sure hope so, but the charge for corporate manslaughter is literally just a fine. That's not justice in my book.

[QUOTE=GrizzlyBear;52514092]Really hoping this doesn't become the new Hillsborough....[/QUOTE] Hillsborough was from the total fault of the Police and incompetent superior who was super inexperienced with crowd control that killed hundreds of people while he watched in silence as his officers were screaming at him over the radio demanding orders, then they covered it up. This time the police are putting charges on the people who owned the tower which makes it less likely for a cover up and I don't think the British people would deal with a Hillsborough 2.0