A total of 57 individuals and 20 organisations have been placed under suspicion of criminal offences by police investigating the Grenfell Tower fire disaster.
The Metropolitan Police is due to submit all files for charging decisions relating to the tragedy to the Crown Prosecution Service by the end of September, said a force statement.
Investigators who examined the role of 15,000 individuals and 700 organisations in the disaster suspect crimes including corporate manslaughter, gross negligence manslaughter, misconduct in public office, fraud, and health and safety matters.
The investigation team is building a replica of some elements of Grenfell Tower. The model, which is currently at the planning stage, is designed to bring to life for jurors how elements of the building looked pre- and post-refurbishment in a way that drawings or 3D renderings cannot.
Criminal trials can often involve site visits, but Grenfell Tower will have been taken down by the time any such hearings take place and therefore cannot provide that real-life visual reference.
Kevin Southworth, Met deputy assistant commissioner, said: ‘The work on the replica in no way presumes charges will be brought. It is entirely a matter for the Crown Prosecution Service [CPS] to make independent decisions based on the evidence files we submit.’
So far, 15 of 20 files have been submitted to the CPS and 10 of 14 overarching evidence files are complete.
