Cladding firm workers told to do the right thing at Grenfell inquiry

Four Arconic, former employees three French nationals and one German were urged to do the right thing  after they refused to  give evidence  to Grenfell public enquiry  into the fatal fire.

The French cladding employees  have said they will not engage with the judge-led investigation, claiming they fear breaking a French Law against evidence being given to proceedings abroad.

Inquiry counsel Richard Millett, QC  said that the chance of prosecution in France was “very low indeed” adding that the bereaved survivors and relatives from the Grenfell disaster  as well as the general public would take “dim view” of their stance and said “ Do the right thing and come and assist the inquiry”. The inquiry went into the next phase , looking into how the components of the cladding system on the tower were manufactured, tested, and sold.

Arconic provided the combustible aluminium composite  material (ACM) panels for the Grenfell Cladding system which fuelled the spread of the 2017 fire which killed 72 people.

Arconic has said its ACM panles were “capable of being used safely” in a properly-designed cladding system.