Interesting comparison in todays Express - WW2 veteran shoots burglar dead in USA and is rightly viewed as a hero, UK householder wounds 4 burglars and he and his wife are locked up for 3 days
JUSTICE: AMERICAN PENSIONER HAILED A HERO FOR KILLING A BURGLAR AS BRITISH COUPLE ARRESTED
http://www.express.co.uk/features/view/344370
Insane UK judicial system is summed up by that Judge saying a feral burglar had courage and giving him a suspended sentence