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...and he's now been arrested on suspicion of Murder....

What are peoples thoughts on defending your own property and self defence in the home leading to the death of the perp?

Edited by Lyons550 (04 Apr 2018 12.00pm)

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Yes need to get the facts but if the intruder was not there in the first place up to no good then this would never have happened so to a certain extent brought it on themselves.

Thought of someone being charged for defending their home doesn't sit well with me.

Unless you can prove that killing/injuring the burglar was completely unnecessary i.e. you already had him tied up or locked in a room with all your family safely outside then I struggle to see why you should convict someone.

self defence doesn't give you carte blanche to kill someone (the farmer who shot a burglar running a way from his property, for instance, while I sympathise, was stretching the definition). However, in this case, from the little the BBC have said so far, he's surely unlikely to be charged (2 burglars, armed with a screwdriver, force him into the kitchen where the knives are = "oh dear, how sad, never mind"

You sum up my thoughts, based on the information released by the police so far
One of the intruders was armed with a screwdriver, and this would reasonably constitute a threat, based on the fact he was on someone elses property and had confronted the owner.

The media wording is kind of inflammatory. For example, when Islamic State murdered unarmed hostages, it was described as 'executions'.
Now this pensioner is potentially being charged with murder.
I trust truth and justice will eventually prevail, and this wasn't a case of two gas engineers on an emergency call-out.

I disengage, I turn the page.

Absolutely.

If someone breaks into your property as far as I'm concerned they are fair game, if they get hurt or worse then so be it.