How can the police say there were fewer Grenfell Tower deaths, based on this?
In the shadow of Grenfell [Image: David Levene for the Guardian].
This was about finding and identifying bodies, I thought – and, where no body has been found or identifiable, using other methods to check whether residents were still alive.
I don’t see how allegedly-fraudulent claims for money can equate to false claims that a person is dead. If somebody claimed cash because they said another person had died (and I don’t know why they would), then it is still incumbent on the authorities to verify the claim.
Any ideas?
The number of people who died in the Grenfell Tower fire may be a little lower than the previous estimate of 80, police have said.
The police say the estimate “may come down a little bit” because of some potential cases of fraud.
It emerged that the force is investigating eight cases in which people may have fraudulently claimed money, as well as four allegations of theft from Grenfell Tower – one involved a “considerable” sum of money.
In the initial weeks following the fire on 14 June, police were unwilling to speculate on the final death toll.
That left some convinced that the eventual figure would be much higher than officially confirmed.
The Metropolitan Police, in a briefing, said 60 of the estimated 80 people killed have been formally identified.
Source: Grenfell death toll ‘may be below 80’ – BBC News
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How can fraud make a difference in a death? If they are dead from the Grenfell Fire the fact that they committed fraud should not matter as the person died in the fire.
The police are run by the tory party and as Mrs Mat tells lies so do the police its all part of the system, Glenfell will go under the carpet with the rest including the pedophiles, no one will pay for what as been done.
Could it be that if all the Authorities agree that there far fewer than expected deaths, then a big chunk the money raised for victims could be channelled into bosses accounts, to cover their fees, remunerations, expenses, disbursements and bonuses?!
I have heard they are using DNA to find who died, and the fraud emanates from there being more claims than bodies so far found. No doubt we will have to wait and see what the eventual death toll is and whether or not all the claims are valid.
How many renters sub-let the property to others with no checks on if they had a right to be in the UK? Maybe two or three families sharing a home meant for one family! Residents having guests staying. You name it and it could be a possibility.
My guess is: Not many.
I think you’re trying to distract attention away from the main issue here.