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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent

‘Rogues gallery’ of Grenfell firms should be prosecuted, lawyers say

Tributes to victims of the Grenfell Tower fire
Lawyers gave a series of final addresses on Monday after more than 300 days of evidence at the inquiry. Photograph: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images

The Grenfell Tower public inquiry should lead to criminal prosecutions of organisations involved in the disaster, lawyers for the bereaved said as they accused a “rogues gallery” of firms of responsibility for 72 deaths.

In closing statements after more than four years of hearings, they said key players were “grossly negligent”, “fraudulent” and “reckless” and urged the inquiry panel chair, Sir Martin Moore-Bick, to deliver unstinting criticism of governmental bodies overseeing building safety.

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