2 OCTOBER 1999, Page 34

From The Revd A.7'. John Salter, Vicar of Pentonville Sir:

Could it be that the blacks who mugged Talci were high on cocaine and, not having the financial resources of a Greek tycoon, needed the wherewithal to buy their next fix?

Alas! there can be no a la carte morality whereby the mega-rich can regularly break the seventh commandment, boast of it in High Life, and then whinge in The Spectator when others break the eighth.

A.T.J. Salter Si Silas' Vicarage,

87 Richmond Avenue,

London Ni