A man who pretended to be a Grenfell Tower survivor has pleaded guilty to a fraud worth more than £100,000.
Sharife Elouahabi, 38, from south-west London, had said he was living in the tower at the time of the devastating fire in 2017.
Elouahabi, also known as as El-Wahbe, pleaded guilty to fraud at Isleworth Crown Court on Monday.
He admitted making a false representation to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, namely that he had been living in Grenfell Tower and was therefore entitled to housing and financial assistance.
Elouahabi, who received assistance worth around £103,000, will be sentenced on November 20.
His defence counsel, Graeme Wilson, said Elouahabi did stay in flat 182 on a couple of occasions as he knew one of the residents in that flat which was home to the El-Wahabi family.
Faouzia and Abdulaziz El-Wahabi, 42 and 52, died alongside their children, Yasin, 20, Huda, 16, and Mehdi, eight, on the 21st floor of the block.
Mr Wilson said Elouahabi would have considered himself to be "close friends" with Yasin and had stayed in the flat for a couple of nights in January and March 2017.
Mr Wilson said the defendant was "sofa surfing" at the time.
The fire ripped through the west London tower block in June 2017 leaving 72 people dead.
