Grenfell fraudster ‘used fake fire trauma to fool the courts’

A Grenfell fraudster swindled more than £31,000 from the disaster fund and used the tragedy to reduce his sentence for a different case, a court heard. Sheffick Brimer, 51, claimed he lived with a mother and son who perished in the inferno on 14 June 2017. Brimer took advantage of the ‘help first, ask questions later’ culture following the fire which led to the deaths of 72 people. He claimed he was staying with Marjorie Vital, 68, who died on…