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Tristan Kirk

Man admits distributing ‘grossly offensive’ Grenfell Tower effigy burning video

A south London man who distributed a “grossly offensive” video of the burning of a Grenfell Tower effigy which prompted public outrage has been handed a 10-week suspended prison sentence.

Paul Bussetti, 49, was among a group of friends who watched a cardboard model of the tower block going up in flames at a bonfire party in November 2018, with the video going viral when it was posted online.

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