Relatives of those killed in the Grenfell Tower disaster previously called the video 'revolting'.
A man has admitted sharing a grossly offensive video of a cardboard model of Grenfell Tower being burned on a bonfire.
Paul Bussetti, of Sundial Avenue in Croydon, south London, pleaded guilty at Westminster Magistrates' Court. The clip was recorded at a party in south London a year after the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, which killed 72 people, and was shared on WhatsApp.Bussetti was previously found not guilty of posting the video following a two-day trial in August 2019 but the Crown Prosecution Service appealed against the verdict.The magistrates court heard he filmed the footage, which was taken at an annual bonfire party hosted by a friend in November 2018, and was shared in WhatsApp groups.
It prompted outrage when it was shared widely online and made the national news, and was criticised as "vile" by a relative of one of the 72 victims of the disaster in west London. The court heard direct and indirect references were made in Bussetti's footage about the residents of Grenfell Tower.The court heard Bussetti said: "That's what happens when you don't pay the rent." He could also be heard making siren noises.Another person, who was not the defendant, could be heard making a racist comment in the video, while others could be heard laughing.
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