Burglar Killed - Householder deserves a medal

[johncar54]

David Cameron on Tuesday said : ‘We will put beyond doubt that homeowners and small shopkeepers who use reasonable force to defend themselves or their properties will not be prosecuted.’

The law is very clear and always has been. The important words being:- Reasonable force Every case is determined on the facts of that case.

Unfortunately many people, some here too, believe they should be allowed to take the law into their own hands and do whatever THEY think they should be allowed to. Big Mistake !

[les_taxi]

Dav id Cameron said Tuesday: ‘We will put beyond doubt that homeowners and small shopkeepers who use reasonable force to defend themselves or their properties will not be prosecuted.’

The law is very clear. The important words being:- Reasonable force Every case is determined on the facts of that case.

Unfortunately many people, some here too, believe they should be allowed to take the law into their own hands and do whatever THEY think they should be allowed to. Big Mistake !

Yep john I do think I can defend my property with any force I can muster.
For instance if I was woke up in middle of night, not with it for the first minute and I grabbed something and it resulted in the death of burglar tough ....
All human rights should be sacrificed when you illegally enter someones home with the intention to rob/attack the house holder
There is a solution to all this DON'T COMMIT THE CRIME IN THE FIRST PLACE!

[stevie c]

Yep john I do think I can defend my property with any force I can muster.
For instance if I was woke up in middle of night, not with it for the first minute and I grabbed something and it resulted in the death of burglar tough ....
All human rights should be sacrificed when you illegally enter someones home with the intention to rob/attack the house holder
There is a solution to all this DON'T COMMIT THE CRIME IN THE FIRST PLACE!

FULLY AGREE WITH YOU LES

THE FEWER SCUM OF THIS KIND ON THE STREET THE BETTER

[johncar54]

Yep john I do think I can defend my property with any force I can muster.
For instance if I was woke up in middle of night, not with it for the first minute and I grabbed something and it resulted in the death of burglar tough ....
All human rights should be sacrificed when you illegally enter someones home with the intention to rob/attack the house holder
There is a solution to all this DON'T COMMIT THE CRIME IN THE FIRST PLACE!

If your actions were considered as Unreasonable then you would probably be convicted.

As I said the important words are 'REASONALBE FORCE' in the particular circumstances.
ALL THE FORCE I CAN MUSTER would probably result in a conviction. And you have advertised your intentions here, they could be used to convict you. As in the Tony Martin case.

[Dedworth]

David Cameron on Tuesday said : ‘We will put beyond doubt that homeowners and small shopkeepers who use reasonable force to defend themselves or their properties will not be prosecuted.’

The law is very clear and always has been. The important words being:- Reasonable force Every case is determined on the facts of that case.

Unfortunately many people, some here too, believe they should be allowed to take the law into their own hands and do whatever THEY think they should be allowed to. Big Mistake !

I think stabbing a hooded intruder is a very reasonable course of action. Cameron needs to listen to the voice of ordinary citizens and change the wording to "use deadly force to defend themselves or their properties will not be prosecuted"

Anyway this incident happened in Manchester where the crazed judiciary dish out ASBO's to multi repeat offending street robbers so I'd expect the householder to get nothing less than a life sentence with a thirty year tariff