A
former Grenfell Tower resident, who cashed in on the fatal fire by
claiming £47,415 in accommodation and aid has been locked-up for
five years.
Moses
Ettienne, 49, was housed in a comfortable hotel and received other
sustenance after lying he lived in the council tower block when it
was gutted by the blaze.
Isleworth
Crown Court heard he had moved out years earlier and even gave a
non-existent flat door number to The Royal Borough of Kensington and
Chelsea when making his bogus claim.
He
also refused to give the council and police details of the flat he
claimed to live in.
Ettienne
said this was due to his ‘top secret’ work with foreign
governments on renewable energy and that the flat may still contain
these classified government files.
He
even tried to claim that as a result of his government work he was
afforded diplomatic immunity due to his attachment to the US Mission
in Geneva.
The
reality was he held no diplomatic status in the UK.
Ettienne
had created two renewable energy companies with Companies House, but
both were closed after a year due to lack of trading.
Evidence
showed that he was in fact a second hand vintage clothes stall
holder.
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