The disturbing parallels between Awaab Ishak’s death in Rochdale and the Grenfell Tower disaster - The Big Issue

The disturbing parallels between Awaab Ishak’s death in Rochdale and the Grenfell Tower disaster - The Big Issue

A senior coroner in Rochdale, a large town in England’s northwest, has ruled that two-year-old Awaab Ishak died as a direct result of prolonged exposure to mould, due to the repeated failure of his family’s landlord to repair the property in which they lived. Both the Rochdale case and the fatal fire at Grenfell Tower in west London are characterised by the lack of accountability on the part of the housing provider and the landlord’s failure to …

The disturbing parallels between Awaab Ishak's death in Rochdale and the Grenfell Tower disaster - Western Morning News

The Grenfell inquiry showed that every death incurred during the fire was avoidable. JessicaGirvan | Shutterstock A senior coroner in Rochdale, a large town in England’s northwest, has ruled that two-year-old Awaab Ishak died as a direct result of prolonged exposure to mould, due to the repeated failure of his family’s landlord to repair the property in which they lived. Both the Rochdale case and the fatal fire at Grenfell Tower in west London …