The inquiry also heard police did not tell the bereaved families about misconduct proceedings against a number of police personnel, who were looking at images and footage of the attacks unnecessarily, for several months.
They were also not initially informed about an arrest warrant that was still outstanding at the time of the attacks, the inquiry heard.
There has been no wider investigation into which police staff viewed the sensitive information about the attacks on police systems thus far, the inquiry heard.
Blake asked Griffin: “Do you consider it odd that there hasn’t been a proactive investigation into who accessed images and footage, video footage?”
Griffin replied: “I thought there ought to have been, yes.”
The inquiry heard the survivors of attacks were never informed of the arrest warrant nor the police’s previous interactions with Calocane – who is being referred to as VC throughout the inquiry – directly by the force, the inquiry heard.
Sophie Cartwright KC, representing the survivors, told Griffin they only learned of the warrant and previous interactions through the inquiry.
“The fact that the surviving victims were not given information about previous contact with VC is a fundamental failing,” Griffin added.
The inquiry continues.
