By Lucy Caulkett-
The CPS must find the obvious and necessary evidence to prosecute those guilty of manslaughter in the Greenfell fire.
Alison Saunders, Director of prosecutions told the Evening Standard yesterday that manslaughter by gross negligence were amongst the crown will consider if police find sufficient evidence as she vowed to do everything in her power to see justice for the victims of Greenfell fire.
Saunders then went on to pour water on her declaration, by stating that no evidence has yet been seen for manslaughter charges.
”All of us want to see justice done… it is one of those tragedies where everybody will want to do as much as they possibly can in order to help those who continue to be residents and those who died in the fire. we have bene talking to police and helpin them with some early advice. We haven’t seen any evidence yet, so it is far too early for us to say what offences we will be looking at. But there are a whole raft of offences against bith individuals and companies that we could be looking at depending on what the evidence shows. If there is sufficient evience then we will be prosecuting”.
Saunders said investigations were at early stages and that criminal investigations could take time, but needed to take place within the existing framework of the law. The Director of prosecutions said that ”building strong cases” was more important than rushing, in order to ensure it is done properly. KCTMO tenants organisation and Kensington and Chelsea Council who own the block, have long been the main suspects for criminal prosecutions for corporate manslaughter charges. The two groups were aware of the risks and dangers posed by the dodgy claddings used in the doomed tower block, and were repeatedly warned in explicit letters of the possibility of a tragedy arising from their negligence. The warnings were ignored in what is now viewed as a painful sign of negligence which ultimately resulted in the deaths of over 80 people.
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Saunders appears to be hinting slowly that no evidence will be found, but biding her time before this becomes apparent. Building a strong case is ofcourse important, but if by now the CPS have found no evidence of manslaughter by grosse negligence, then it appears a worrying process of inadequacy maybe lying ahead of us. Grosse negligence should be very easy to prove in light of all the facts at our disposal, surviving victims of the Greenfell fire and relatives of the victims will have every reason to be worried sick and feel cheated by even her words so far. Alison Saunders is right that prosecutions should e done within the existing framweok of the law, but that should not be a challenging task at all. Any individual or organisation who was warned and aware of the risks posed by doing nothing about the warnings, were grossly negligent. There really isn’t much more to it than that.
The likely suspects in big executive positions will already be talking to their lawyers and perharps doing their very best to influence those in highly ranked positions to implement the correct level of prosecutions. Money and influence sometimes talks serious languages, this reality cannot be underestimated. It seems rather alarming that the CPS and police are claiming not to be able to find any evidence of manslaughter. This must lead us to ask why Saunders is expressing a willingness to prosecute for manslaughter by grosse negligence on the one hand, while on the othe rhand telling us they haven’t found any evidence yet. In a case as tragic and regrettable as the Greenfell fire, any evidence connected to manslaughter charges should have been found by now, at least at a basic level. The facts are there before the police and the criminal prosecution service, prosecutions can only be swerved by using selective legal jargon to escape the fuk consequences of the law.
Patience truly is a virtue, but how much patience does Saunders and her team of bureacrats expect victims of the Greenfell fire to have? It is high time for the CPS to tell the British public and the world, exactly what type of evidence they are looking for, rather than drag us all down a dark alley, only to dump us there in the end. The public need better responses than this , and they need it sooner rather than later.
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