The Met Police says its officers are investigating individuals and companies for serious criminal offences over the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Stuart Cundy estimates it'll take 12 to 18 months to gather the evidence that will secure justice for victims. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Stuart Cundy estimates it'll take 12 to 18 months to gather the evidence that will secure justice for victims. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00The inquiry's findings in the report are quite clear so whilst the criminal investigation
00:05operates to a different legal framework which means we can't use the report as evidence
00:10to go to the Crown Prosecution Service for charges but what we will be doing now alongside
00:15our criminal investigation is forensically reading the inquiry's report line by line
00:22bringing that work and any additional inquiries we might need to make with our evidence and our
00:27investigation with the view to go into the Crown Prosecution Service for decision on whether
00:32individuals or organisations or companies may be charged. We are investigating some of the
00:38most serious criminal offences, corporate manslaughter, gross negligent manslaughter,
00:44misconduct in public office and some of the most serious health and safety offences.
00:48The scale of this investigation is something I've never encountered in my policing service
00:54so we have 58 individuals who are criminal suspects, we have 19 companies or organisations
01:00who are criminal suspects, we have seized over 150 million documents. I estimate it might take
01:06us 12 to 18 months to be in the position before we go to the Crown Prosecution Service to secure
01:12justice for those who died and those so deeply affected by the tragedy. We have one chance to
01:18get our investigation right and those that are affected they have mine and the Met Police
01:22absolute commitment that we do everything we can thoroughly and diligently to get the
01:28best possible evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service.