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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Robert Booth, Haroon Siddique and Vikram Dodd

Justice for Grenfell deaths may not come this decade, warns former chief prosecutor

A woman wearing a shawl looks at pictures on a wall
Pictures of the Grenfell Tower fire victims. Sir Martin Moore-Bick’s report this week found ‘systematic dishonesty’ by the firms involved in the building’s refurbishment. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

Justice for those responsible for the 72 deaths in the Grenfell Tower fire may not come until the end of this decade, a former chief prosecutor has warned, as survivors voiced growing fury over building firms’ “arrogant” refusal to admit wrongdoing.

The public inquiry findings of “systematic dishonesty” by multimillion-dollar building companies involved in the tower’s disastrous refurbishment prompted a clamour for accelerated criminal charges this week, seven years on from the blaze.

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