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Author:  pcernie [ Thu Sep 12, 2013 4:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Insurers win riots damages claim against Met bosses

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-24062570

It's not often insurance companies are the lesser of two evils at any time, but...

Author:  Amnesia10 [ Thu Sep 12, 2013 5:44 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Insurers win riots damages claim against Met bosses

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The barrister for the police argued that the attack on the warehouse was a "planned criminal enterprise" and a "planned raid" rather than a riot.


Though:

Quote:
They "smashed" their way into the building using "a variety of makeshift weapons and ran through the property looting it of a certain amount of the stock held there".

"Two of them then threw petrol bombs into the stacking within the warehouse and they all made their escape, some carrying what had been looted, and left the warehouse to burn.

Clearly not a very good planned criminal raid if weapons were makeshift.

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