Quote Originally Posted by David House View Post
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.
I find it perfectly justifiable - the scrote should not have broken into someone else's house, in doing so he took it upon himself to face whatever threats, hazards and dangers lay within. He drew the short straw and was killed. I really don't give a monkeys about level of threat and proportionate force the crims break in and as such are a threat to the householder and/or his family, if they leave the property in a body bag it was their own fault.

I was outraged that Tony Martin was jailed, it was a shame he was only able to wound burglar number two who has since continued his life of crime and caused his victims untold misery whilst costing the the taxpayer hundreds of thousands. People like Messrs Martin and Roberts should be given an OBE for services to crime reduction.

In a similar vein I'm always bouyed up to hear of joyriders crashing and killing themselves. The earlier they meet their deaths the greater the chances of innocent road users and pedestrians not suffering the same fate.