Metropolitan Police arrest first person in relation to Grenfell inferno after 40 months

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    Over 40 months after the Grenfell Tower fire, London’s Metropolitan Police revealed Sunday that they had arrested the first person in relation to the inferno which claimed 72 lives on June 14, 2017.

    In a statement of just 63 words, the Met said “On Saturday, 24 October, a 38-year-old man was arrested in the Sussex area on suspicion of perverting the course of justice in relation to the Met’s Grenfell Tower investigation. He was taken to a local police station and has since been released under investigation.”

    The Met launched its criminal investigation into the fire the day after it took place, with Met Commander Stuart Cundy stating “as the police, we investigate criminal offenses. I am not sitting here and saying there are criminal offenses that have been committed, that’s why you do an investigation.”