The Independent – Now charge the guilty of Grenfell with manslaughter
The Independent leads with an exclusive saying MPs are urging police to speed up Grenfell investigation – but Met Police insists ‘we only have one chance to get this right’.
The front page features a large image of Gisele Pelicot attending court. The French woman was allegedly repeatedly drugged and raped by her now ex-husband and dozens of men he invited into their home. The case has shocked France.
Pressure builds on police to speed up Grenfell fire probe – and bring manslaughter charges
Grieving relatives of Grenfell fire victims are calling for those responsible to face manslaughter charges as pressure builds on police to speed up their investigation.
Families and survivors expressed anguish that prosecutions might not be brought until 2026 despite this week’s damning inquiry report into the disaster which killed 72 residents and left 800 more homeless.
The wait could be even longer, warned a former director of public prosecutions on Thursday night. Lord Macdonald said criminal trials may not begin until the 2029 due to the pressure on the criminal justice system.
Some families now fear they may not live to see justice for their loved ones over the 2017 blaze.
Shah Aghlani, 55, who lost his aunt and disabled mother in the fire, told The Independent that the prospect of further delay to criminal prosecutions “is our worst fear coming true, our nightmare coming true”.
Woman ‘raped by 72 men after husband drugged her’ tells trial: ‘I was sacrificed on the altar of vice’
A woman who was allegedly repeatedly drugged and raped by her now-ex husband and dozens of men he invited into their home has told his trial that her world collapsed after she was “sacrificed on the altar of vice”.
Speaking in a calm and clear voice, Gisele Pelicot, 72, detailed to the court in the southern France city of Avignon the horror of discovering that Dominique Pelicot, 71, systematically filmed the suspected rapes by dozens of men while she was unconcious – storing thousands of images that police investigators later found.
“I was sacrificed on the altar of vice,” she testified. “They regarded me like a rag doll, like a garbage bag… I no longer have an identity. I don’t know if I’ll ever rebuild myself.
“For me, everything collapses. These are scenes of barbarity, of rape.”
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read
Editorial 06 September 2024.
Friday’s headlines reflect a variety of domestic and international news stories. Several of the papers continue coverage of the Grenfell inquiry report which was published on Wednesday.
Elsewhere, domestic politics is splashed across several papers. The tabloids feature showbiz and royal news – with many of the papers across the spectrum this morning featuring a picture of Prince William.
