Don't you think this is more than a little over the top? No-one knows the whole circumstances and without ever wishing to defend a burgar any response to such an intrusion must be proportionate to the threat faced.
Maybe it was. Maybe the householder was being threatened and his life in danger. If so a claim of self defence is justified. If not then surely there are many other responses to be made without resorting to extreme force.
I live in Wisbech, which is where the infamous Tony Martin lives. If you recall he was jailed some years ago in similar circumstances when he confronted a teenage burglar and shot him. His jailing caused a national outrage but I know a little more of the circumstances, which were much more complicated than reported and I strongly feel that Mr Martin deserved to go to jail. Maybe there is more to this case than meets the eye so I prefer to let the legal people decide rather than make ill informed pronouncements.Originally Posted by Dedworth
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/n...re/8612829.stm
A murder charge against a man who stabbed a teenage burglar to death in his mother's Nottinghamshire home is to be dropped, his lawyers have said.
Tyler Juett, 17, and a boy of 14 broke into the property in Old Basford in March 2009 and were then confronted by 23-year-old Omari Roberts.
Well done Mr Roberts - a useless piece of garbage permanently removed from society. Untold thousands of taxpayers £'s saved that would otherwise have been racked up in police/court/jail costs, benefits, housing etc etc
