A man has been jailed after opening body bags and posting photos of a Grenfell Tower fire victim on Facebook
Omega Mwaikambo, 43, pleaded guilty to two offences contrary to section 127 of the Communications Act.
Earlier today he was sentenced to three months at Westminster Magistrates' Court.
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The Metropolitan Police said he was arrested near to Latimer Road station at around 6pm on Wednesday.
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Mwaikambo, who lives locally, was arrested after images were posted online that appeared to be a partially-covered body following the blaze in Kensington.
Mwaikambo claimed the body of a victim was left outside his flat for two hours before police or ambulances arrived, captioning the picture: 'Does any one know this body laying outside my flat for more than two hours'.
Prosecutor Tom Little said: "He lives very close to Grenfell Tower as the court will be aware for the catastrophic fire on June 14.
"He uploaded photographs and video of the deceased inside the body bag and then five photographs of the upper body and the face and the blood that had drained from the body.
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"It appears as if that individual might have been someone that jumped from the tower and had not survived and was waiting to be moved to the coroner's mortuary."
Michelle Denney for the defence described it as an 'unusual case' and that Mwaikambo had been making tea for the firefighters, as well as having no previous convictions.
Volunteers organise boxes of donations following near Grenfell Tower fire. Credit: PA Images
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She said: "He found the deceased person and was shocked by the fact the body was there and felt a sense of shock that the body was there unattended."
After his arrest he provided the police with the pin to his iPad and phone and the images were taken down from the web.
Sentencing District Judge Tanweer Ikram said: "The whole country, if not the whole world, has been shocked by what has taken place in the last few days in relation to the fire at Grenfell Tower.
"The horror is not to be underestimated.
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"The dignity of the dead must always be respected.
Queen Elizabeth II meets firefighters during a visit to the area. Credit: PA
"What you have done by uploading those photos shows absolutely no respect to this poor victim. To show his face as he lies there is beyond words.
"That view is shared in the horror and disgust that is shown by those people that have uploaded messages on your profile.
"It is an aggravating feature that when people said to you 'This is really sick, just call the police' and 'call the cops rather than post photos', you didn't.
"You didn't remove the photos.
"These offences are so serious that a community order or financial penalty would not mark the seriousness of the offence."
More than 70 remain unaccounted for and 30 have been confirmed dead in the tower block fire, with the death toll expected to rise.
Despite commitments by the government to house them locally, it today emerged that people who have lost their homes in the Grenfell Tower fire may be rehoused in other areas of London.