From: "Dave Coull" <d.y.coull-AT-dundee.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 12:05:51 GMT
Subject: Re: Stephen Lawrence 


I said

>> Be honest  - if you were a life insurance salesman, 
>> how much do you reckon the lives of Neil 
>> Acourt, Jamie Acourt, etc. are worth? 

and Andy responded

>Unfortunately, knowing the area quite well, 
>if they stay in their white enclave I think 
>they will be looked after. After all they've
>survived quite well for a good few years 
>though we all knew who they were.

"Survived quite well for a good few years?"

That's like the man who jumped out of 
twentieth floor window. As he was descending
past the third floor window, he was heard 
to say "so far, so good".

Some people in London have known 
who they were for a very long time, 
and of course since the Daily Mail 
printed their names a lot more people 
have known. But the information continues 
to spread. It is now on the internet.
If you were an insurer, you would want
very high payments indeed on any 
life insurance for them. Sure, they may 
feel relatively safe in Eltham. But only
because a lot of people there feel terrorised
by them. For real safety you need actual
_support_ , and there isn't so much of that.
Even in Eltham there are plenty of people 
who are heartily sick of the gang; and anyway, 
Eltham is only a few  miles from parts of London 
where they would be very, very unsafe indeed. 
Besides, it's a small world, and getting smaller. 

If you do know any life insurer prepared
to accept a policy on them with small
payments, put me in touch with your
insurance agent. That has got to be 
a much better bet than the lottery.


Dave