A student has become the fifth Grenfell Tower fraudster to be convicted as he claimed he only survived blaze because he was praying at local mosque.

Mohammad Gamoota, 31, pretended to be the son of one of the 71 victims to get £5,000 and free hotel stays. He was jailed for 18 months on Friday.

Gamoota said he was living with his father on the 24th floor when the fire ripped through the building, and he only escaped because he was praying at his local mosque.

The court heard a booking was made for Gamoota at a Holiday Inn where he racked up a £374 room service bill. He was also put up at a second hotel and the total fraud amounted to £6,784, Isleworth crown court heard.

Gamoota used a name he saw in the press reporting of the tragedy to claim it was his father.

Judge Robin Johnson told Gamoota said: "You had no connection with this family."