Andrew Steven
"Andy" Turner is an English track and field athlete, competing in the
110 metres hurdles, and occasionally the 100 and 200 metres sprints as well as
long jump. He is the current European and Commonwealth Champion at 110 m
hurdles. Turner competed at the 2004 Athens Olympics, but failed to progress
beyond the heats. Andy Turner represented Great Britain for a second time at
the 2008 Summer Olympics and reached the quarter-finals stage.
He is in news for wrong
reasons as the Olympic athlete has been left 'devastated' after his house was
burgled during his mother's funeral. Daily Mail and other news agencies report that
the hurdler, had his white Range Rover sport and a Macbook laptop taken from
his home in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. Police believe he was deliberately
targetted after he publicised the
cremation on social media because his mother 'would have wanted people at the
funeral'. The thieves also took away two iPhones and a personalised Nike bag
His mother, Yvonne Turner
died suddenly from a stroke on October 29 aged 58. Andy, 33, had to cut short the funeral
after a neighbour phoned to say his car was missing from outside the family
home. Reports suggest that when he arrived he found the house had been
ransacked, and while his medals were still there, other valuable possessions
were gone. Police believe Andy was targetted by thieves after he advertised the
cremation on social media. Shortly
afterwards the athlete tweeted: 'A car is replaceable but I had my last photos
with my mum alive on my phone and laptop, that's what hurts the most.' The car,
which has a personalised numberplate made to look like '110 RUN' was later
found dumped in Bilborough; however - two iPhones belonging to his mother,
along with his personalised Nike bag, are still missing.
Speaking to The Sun, Andy
said: 'I feel sickened. Mum was my biggest fan - she was always at my races,
always supporting me. 'I've had to put my three daughters in a hotel because
they're too scared to stay in the house.' The athlete had already tweeted that
his mother's untimely death was 'the worst end to the worst eight days of my
life'.
Andy was widely tipped for
success at the Olympics after winning a bronze medal at the World Championships
in Deagu in 2011, but crashed out in the semis after being held back by
injuries. He had previously competed in the 2004 and 2008 Games. The
Nottingham-born athlete is the third fastest British sprint hurdler of all time
behind Colin Jackson and Tony Jarrett and won gold medals at both the
Commonwealth Games and European Athletics Championships in 2010.
Burglary is heinous crime –Punishment
is a deterrent, besides the wrong-doer must be punished for the offence
committed and for handing out proper punishments – the Law and its enforcement
should be strong.
One of the Insurance coverage for property is against loss caused by
burglary. Burglary is defined as the
‘crime of breaking into and entering a building with the intention to commit a
felony.’ At common law burglary is
primarily an offense against the security of habitation, and need not be against the property as such! ~ the
criminal law of the country does not speak of an offence called burglary.
Burglary insurance has been a
standard insurance product for long. The
Package Policies floated by many Insurers do extend sectional coverage against
burglary. This insurance provides
indemnity in respect of loss of or damage to any part of the property insured
whilst within the premises as a direct result of burglary happening during the period of insurance. The policy interprets ‘burglary’ as to mean
actual theft or an attempt thereat
a) accompanied by an actual
forcible and violent entry into or exit from any building at the premises or
b) following assault or violence
to any person or threat thereof.
The Policy has some exclusions too…
all policies expect the Insured to be prudent and not contribute to the
loss in any manner… this policy excludes ‘where such loss or damage has been
expedited or any way assisted or brought about by any such person or persons’
The circumstances of Andy for sure may not fall within the said
exclusion, but still people have to wary of the usage of social networking
sites and not become a sitting duck
With regards – S Sampathkumar
News & photo courtesy :
www.dailymail.co.uk
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