A man who falsely claimed more than £75,000 meant for survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire has been jailed.

Daniel Steventon claimed he lived in a flat with a genuine tenant of the 24-storey west London tower block who was among the 72 people killed in the fire in June 2017.

Police said Steventon told the authorities he had been made homeless and sought housing, services and financial support to the value of £75,225.

He pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation at Isleworth crown court on Friday and was jailed for three years and six months on Thursday.

Steventon, of Kilburn in north-west London, was working as a pharmacist’s technician at a nearby hospital when he made the claims.

He is one of several people prosecuted for scams related to the Grenfell Tower fire.