Quote Originally Posted by johncar54 View Post
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