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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Anthony France

Insurer refuses top British cyclist’s £15k payout because bike thieves ‘weren’t violent enough’

A budding Team GB cyclist who had £15,000 worth of bikes stolen from a van has been left out of pocket because insurers say the hooded thieves weren’t “violent” enough.

Gabriella McHugh, 17 – part of British Cycling’s development team – was heartbroken after the break-in outside her family’s flat in Clapham, south London.

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