Father of man in sick Grenfell bonfire video was shot and stuffed in suitcase

Father of man in sick Grenfell stunt was shot and stuffed in case
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Benedict Moore-Bridger7 November 2018

One of the men arrested over the burning of a Grenfell Tower model is a “party animal” whose father was killed and stuffed into a suitcase.

Paul Bussetti, 46, handed himself in to police after footage emerged of a group laughing and mocking as the effigy went up in flames.

Scaffolder Bobbi Connell, 19, and his welder father Clifford Smith, 49, who hosted the party, were arrested along with Mr Bussetti and three other men. The group are said to be friends who take regular fishing trips.

Mr Bussetti’s father, Lorenzo Bussetti, a landlord, was shot dead following an argument with a tenant in Brixton in 2002, when he was 55.

Mr Bussetti’s late father Lorenzo

His body was put in a suitcase and dumped in Hackney Marshes.

Paul Bussetti, one of three children, inherited part of his father’s fortune.

A sign fixed to his £500,000 house in South Norwood, one street away from Mr Smith’s house, reads: “The Bussetti Family: Party Animals”.

His wife Gemma declined to speak publicly about the video or his arrest.

Fury: Bobbi Connell, 19, and father Cliff handed themselves in

Mr Bussetti is understood to work in the scaffolding business, along with his son. He is said to drive a black Range Rover with a personalised number-plate.

The six men were released “under investigation” after being questioned by police on suspicion of causing harassment, alarm or distress, Scotland Yard said. Detectives from the Met’s Grenfell Tower investigation team have also searched Mr Smith’s property.

It was reported that removals company director Steven Bull, 55, built the Grenfell model with his teacher partner to win an effigy contest among his friends. It is understood that Mr Bull was previously married to a sister of Mr Smith. A source told The Sun: “They were having an effigy competition and obviously they took it way, way too far.

“These are business owners and respectable adults. They are parents for goodness sake. What they are being investigated for shows completely shocking judgement.” Bobbi Connell’s mother Louise Connell, 40, from Lee, said she has been “shaking” since hearing the news, and denied her son was racist. She said: “Making the effigy was obviously premeditated, and by the sounds of things it was all racial. But this is not Bobbi. He’s never racially abused anyone.

“In a million years I never thought any of them would be involved in anything like this. It’s absolutely disgusting.”

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