After reading Rogers Rabbits ‘Burn and bust' false insurance claim (The Weekend Sun, June 29) I thought I'd share my family story. In the 1940s my naughty Norwegian grandfather set fire to his kitchen to claim insurance money. This deed played heavily on my very religious grandmother's conscience. Eventually, in fear of going to hell she went to confession and told of her knowledge of this undesirable act. For penance, she was instructed to put 50 shillings in the donation box at church each week for six months. She was then assured of a forgiveness from the ‘Almighty'.

G Hemsley, Katikati.