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Met submits Grenfell 2017 charging files to CPS

By Drooid · Sep 30, 2026, 11:28 PM UTC · How we work

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Met Police Submits Charges

Metropolitan Police submitted charging files to the Crown Prosecution Service for the 2017 Grenfell fire.
Proposed charges include corporate manslaughter and gross negligence manslaughter and health-and-safety offences and fraud and misconduct in public office.
The Met supplied 12,600 pages and 14,700 statements and 27,000 exhibits compiled by 220 investigators over nine years.
CPS head Frank Ferguson said prosecutors will decide charges before the 10th anniversary on June 14 2027.

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Angela Rayner Demands Justice

Scale replica parts of Grenfell Tower are being built at a £2 million cost for future trials.
Survivor Ed Daffarn called the nine-year wait tortuous and said the perpetrators have got on with their lives.
Survivor Marcio Gomes urged prosecutors to “throw the book” after losing his infant son.
Labour Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner expressed sympathy for bereaved families and demanded swift justice.

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Historical Context

On 15 April 1989 the Hillsborough crush killed 97 fans, prompting Lord Justice Taylor’s 1990 report that forced all-seater stadiums and demanded police accountability. Subsequent IPCC probes, including 1,000 South Yorkshire Police statements in 2012, established a precedent for large-scale evidence disclosure, now echoed as the Metropolitan Police submit 12,600 pages to the CPS over the Grenfell Tower fire, driving Parliament’s push for tougher corporate manslaughter laws.

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Met Police Submits Charges

Metropolitan Police submitted charging files to the Crown Prosecution Service for the 2017 Grenfell fire.
Proposed charges include corporate manslaughter and gross negligence manslaughter and health-and-safety offences and fraud and misconduct in public office.
The Met supplied 12,600 pages and 14,700 statements and 27,000 exhibits compiled by 220 investigators over nine years.
CPS head Frank Ferguson said prosecutors will decide charges before the 10th anniversary on June 14 2027.

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