Grenfell Tower fire families to wait until 2026 for justice

Read our full report on the findings of the inquiry here The families of Grenfell Tower victims face waiting until at least 2026 for the “crooks and killers” responsible for the fire to be brought to justice, prosecutors have said. On Wednesday, the seven-year public inquiry concluded that the fire was caused by the “systematic dishonesty” of the companies that manufactured cladding for the tower’s botched refurbishment and that the 72 deaths were “all avoidable”. But families demanding manslaughter prosecutions spoke of their outrage after Scotland Yard said it would take between a year and 18 months to go through the inquiry report “line by line”, meaning charges, if any, are unlikely to be brought until almost a full decade after the fire. Sir Martin Moore-Bick, the inquiry’s chairman, said in a statement: “The simple truth is that the deaths that occurred were all avoidable and that those who lived in the tower were badly failed over a number of years and in a number of different ways by those who were responsible for ensuring the safety of the building and its occupants.” The report prompted demands for those identified in the report to face manslaughter charges as well as calls for the Government to exert proper control over the construction sector.