Grenfell Tower No Longer A Crime Scene, How Can They Say That, When They Keep Catching These Criminals?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6019129/Grenfell-Tower-no-longer-crime-scene-police-collect-need.html

Here is another one:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/03/man-charged-fraud-grenfell-tower-tragedy/

[fiction-factory]

Maybe you have misunderstood what the term means.

[jackthehat]

They don't need to prevent 'contamination' of the scene in order to be sure of effecting prosecutions.

I am sure you are aware of that but I suppose it adds a bit more edge to your question.

[baza]

Can they now get on with rebuilding homes.

[Rockrose]

The fraud crimes were not committed in Grenfell Towers but afterwards so the crimescene is not the Towers.

[Gromit]

One of your more silly questions, to make a point that has been gone over several times.

There WAS a fire.
There WAS fraudulent claims.

Now the fire is out, and the fraud claims have been dealt with in the Courts, the location is no longer a protected (in terms of evidence gathering) area.

[Zacs-Master]

Yet another question from AOG which fails to grasp the basic facts. It even says '....as police complete forensic investigation' in the DM headline.

It's good news for the bereaved and local residents as I assume it means the hideous reminder of the tragedy can be demolished.

[youngmafbog]

Let's attack the poster eh?

[Khandro]

The London Review of Books devoted an entire issue (the first time it has ever done that) to this subject, It is an enormous read, but one of the greatest pieces of investigative journalism I've ever read. I have the hard copy, but if you have the stamina you can read it here online;
https://www.lrb.co.uk/v40/n11/andrew-ohagan/the-tower

[Zacs-Master]

YMB 'Let's attack the poster eh?'

If he keeps posting nonsensical guff.........

[Gromit]

Thanks for that link Khandro, it looks really interesting. I will read it later.

[Canary42]

/// Maybe you have misunderstood what the term means. ///

AOG misunderstand - surely not ;-)

[andy-hughes]

I think AOG may indeed have misunderstood the use of the phrase 'crime scene' in this context.

As one of the more senior AB'ers, maybe us juniors could cut him a little slack?

[anotheoldgit]

andy-hughes

/// I think AOG may indeed have misunderstood the use of the phrase 'crime scene' in this context. ///

Yes I may be getting on in years but I haven't misunderstood the use of the phrase 'crime scene'.

Haven't any of you youngsters ever heard of the phrase, 'A Play On Words'?

[Zacs-Master]

Yes, we’ve also heard of ‘back peddling’.

[Garaman]

Very fair and witty OP I thought.

[THECORBYLOON]

Folk have been prosecuted decades after a crime and the scene of that crime has not been preserved during those decades.

You made a mistake but rather than own up to it you make out it was a play on words?

There's another phrase, "D’ye think ma heid buttons up the back?"

[Khandro]

If you read The London Review of Books' long article (see above), a lot of the reports were not crimes, but were nevertheless shocking, like the man who wanted a pram and was told "of course, we have lots of them donated by the public", he said he didn't want a used one, he wanted a new one, to which he was told that was alright if that's what he wanted, but then he said he wanted one which cost £900 (the most expensive one on the market) to which the excellent, though much maligned councillor didn't hesitate to say, "OK, give it to him".

[douglas9401]

"Yes, we’ve also heard of ‘back peddling’."

Since we're being all snooty and questioning interpretation, is that anything like 'back pedalling'?

Back to the news cycle.

[anotheoldgit]

THECORBYLOON

/// You made a mistake but rather than own up to it you make out it was a play on words? ///

I made no mistake, but I can't take the responsibility, if some of you are not clever enough to be able to work it out yourselves.

[THECORBYLOON]

You do think my head buttons up the back then!