For many on the internet, the fire at Grenfell Tower in London England will be unknown.
In Wikipedia, it states:
"On 14 June 2017, a fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London, at 00:54 BST;
it caused 72 deaths, including those of two victims who later died in hospital. More than 70 others were injured and 223 people
escaped"
The blame was shifted from the origins of the blaze (a malfunctioning fridge-freezer on the fourth floor) to the external cladding
company who'd installed the flammable veneer. What is rarely discussed in the established media is the social class of the
majority of Grenfell Tower residents. Instead, they are focus on the cladding firm and steer clear of who was actually living there.
The reality is that the tower was populated by poorer, mainly ethnic-minority residents and the borough Grenfell Towers is situated
in one of the wealthiest areas of London and holds expensive property owned in the form of 'land-banking'.
This fact is one of the reasons focus had to be aimed at the business that made a product that didn't cause the fire, but has been
blamed for accentuating the spread of it.
A lot of media coverage went into showing grieving homeless victims, candle-lit vigils and vague articles regarding massive costs
of investigations and repairs. The UK Government are footing the bill to renovate the tower and that means public money for a
building that caught fire due to a refrigerator.
But there are always those who can use the racial-identity fears of a first-world country to benefit themselves, regardless of the
shadow thy put on a tragedy like this.
In Wikipedia, it states:
"On 14 June 2017, a fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London, at 00:54 BST;
it caused 72 deaths, including those of two victims who later died in hospital. More than 70 others were injured and 223 people
escaped"
The blame was shifted from the origins of the blaze (a malfunctioning fridge-freezer on the fourth floor) to the external cladding
company who'd installed the flammable veneer. What is rarely discussed in the established media is the social class of the
majority of Grenfell Tower residents. Instead, they are focus on the cladding firm and steer clear of who was actually living there.
The reality is that the tower was populated by poorer, mainly ethnic-minority residents and the borough Grenfell Towers is situated
in one of the wealthiest areas of London and holds expensive property owned in the form of 'land-banking'.
This fact is one of the reasons focus had to be aimed at the business that made a product that didn't cause the fire, but has been
blamed for accentuating the spread of it.
A lot of media coverage went into showing grieving homeless victims, candle-lit vigils and vague articles regarding massive costs
of investigations and repairs. The UK Government are footing the bill to renovate the tower and that means public money for a
building that caught fire due to a refrigerator.
But there are always those who can use the racial-identity fears of a first-world country to benefit themselves, regardless of the
shadow thy put on a tragedy like this.
Quote:Shameless Grenfell fraudsters who said they lived in tower claimed £1m in housing and hotel costsMyLondon:
'Fraudsters who wrongly said they lived in Grenfell Tower claimed nearly £1m in hotel accommodation and housing after the
fatal disaster. Police and council investigators uncovered £945,000 [$1,316,574] in fraud after the blaze which claimed the
lives of 72.
Recently investigators have pursued another 12 cases of fraud over the last two years by people who falsely claimed they lived
in Grenfell Tower. The council's head of audit, fraud, risk and insurance, David Hughes, said the 11 cases proved in 2019-20
were worth £74,009, whilst one person had £60,056 of services in a case proved last year.
After the fire in June 2017 survivors were put up in hotels before they were rehoused.
In the immediate aftermath of the disaster the policy was to give out money to those in need and ask questions later.
Survivors lost their possessions, including paperwork and identity documents, in the fire and had to flee.
People who were sleeping at the Tower on the night of the fire were eligible for help under the council’s housing policy.
The fire claimed the lives of 72 people, including an unborn child and 231 others managed to escape.
The tower and some of the many people who've been prosecuted for frauds relating to the Grenfell fire.
However some people who did not live in Grenfell also claimed help.
They were put up in hotels, given prepaid bank cards and helped with other expenses. The council also paid up to £300 a week
for food for adults and £150 for children and also paid for other hotel costs, such as laundry.
One serial fraudster, Anh Nhu Nguyen, 53, who had 17 aliases, claimed he lost his wife and son in the fire and met Prince Charles
at a recovery centre for survivors. He received £12,500 from the council and charities in the two weeks after the fire but was caught
out when he gave different flat numbers as his address, including some which did not exist and was later jailed in 2018 for 21 months.
In one case heard at Isleworth Crown Court in 2019 Alvin Thompson had £96,000 of hotel accommodation, emergency help and a
council home. He was put up in a range of high end hotels including the Park Plaza Hotel in Westminster, Park Grand Palace, Park
Plaza County Hall and the Radisson Blu - racking up a £60,000 bill, plus £746 in expenses between July 2017 and February 2018.
The 51-year-old was found guilty and jailed for five and a half years.
Another couple Carmel Daly, 50, and Robert Kenneally, 52, defrauded the council out of £47,802 in the 14 months after the fire.
They initially turned up to the Westway sports centre which was used as an emergency space for survivors and said they were
homeless. However they later claimed that they met Grenfell resident Denis Murphy in a pub and he offered to let them stay with.
Mr Murphy died in the fire and his neighbours and family told the jury they had never heard of the couple.
Daly was jailed for four years and three months, whilst Kenneally was handed a sentence of four years and nine month after their
trial in 2019. So far £20,825 has been recovered from two people who were jailed by the courts for Grenfell fraud.
The money has gone back into the council’s Grenfell support fund.
However none of the other people who were successfully prosecuted had any funds which the police could recover...'
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