Omega Mwaikambo has been jailed (Picture: UKNIP)

A man has been jailed after admitting posting photos of a Grenfell Tower fire victim on Facebook after opening body bags.

Omega Mwaikambo, 43, pleaded guilty to two offences contrary to section 127 of the Communications Act, Scotland Yard said.

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He was sentenced to three months at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

Mwaikambo, of Testerton Walk, west London, was arrested after images were posted online of what appeared to be a partially-covered body following the fatal blaze in north Kensington, west London.


In one of his posts, Mwaikambo claims the body of a victim was left outside his flat for two hours before police or ambulances arrived.

He pleaded guilty in court (Picture: UKNIP)

He said: ‘Does any one know this body laying outside my flat for more than two hours’.

At least 30 people are known to have died as fire ripped through the 24-storey building in the early hours of Wednesday morning.