Grenfell fraudster claimed 9-month hotel stay, cash and laptops worth over £50,0000

A homeless man who fraudulently claimed more than £50,000 after pretending to be a victim of the Grenfell Tower fire has been jailed. Antonio Gouveia came forward days after the disaster, claiming to have lived in Flat 42 on the seventh floor of the tower, which burned on June 14th last year, killing 71 people. Gouveia claimed nine months free accommodation at a Marble Arch hotel, worth £155 a night, as well as £260 in emergency cash, a £249.99 Google Chromebook laptop. His hotel stay alone was worth a total of £53,456.76.