The family of an Italian victim
of the Grenfell fire on Wednesday threatened legal action
against Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg for
saying the 72 victims might not have died if they had had the
"common sense" to ignore the fire brigade's instructions to
initially stay put.
The family of Marco Gottardi, who died with his girlfriend
Gloria Trevisan in the 2017 blaze at the London tower block,
called Rees-Mogg's words "absurd and hateful" and urged the
Italian foreign ministry to "censure" them.
Rees-Mogg has apologised for his comments, made on Monday.
Gottardi and Trevisan were both architects from Veneto in
their late 20s.
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