Let's Do The Usual Dance......

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-43639183
I'll start, give the guy a medal, one less low life........

[naomi24]

You're right, Spath. It is. Let's hope it sets a precedent.

[Jackdaw33]

I suppose being arrested on suspicion was inevitable in the circumstances. The guy who was responsible for my nephew's death was arrested and spent two days in custody but was never charged.

[ummmm]

You can't just phone the police saying someone is dead in my house and not expect to be arrested.

[ChillDoubt]

Spath,
Your village just called. Apparently they want you back ASAP.........

[Jackdaw33]

I too have my doubts about Spath.

[gness]

Worse for the elderly man if his wife was still in bed when the second burglar went upstairs....lord, you'd be in a state being held in the kitchen not knowing what was happening to her.....

I doubt many of us would sit and oblige quietly if that was the case.

[Jackdaw33]

So you keep baseball bats and old axe handles? Say no more.

[pixie374]

I can't see where the "sociapath" bit has come from. This wasn't premeditated and planned and somebody going out to cause trouble. He was cornered in his own house, probably scared out of his wits and did absolutely the right thing. Good for him.

[Jackdaw33]

Surreal doesn't even begin to describe him.

[ToraToraTora]

spath 14:27: not yet, you need to serve and apprenticeship.
Anyway, I see above that the guy will not face charges now, result, one less low life on the planet, result.

[jim360]

The law is fairly clear on these matters. Reasonable force is permitted in self-defence, and that includes killing your assailant in some circumstances. But it isn't unreasonable to investigate all the same. A man has died. Burglar he may have been, but stealing hasn't been a capital offence in this country for a very long time.

It's not a matter of having sympathy for the dead man, either. I have none for him. But if he was killed without lawful cause -- ie, murdered -- then a crime would still have been committed.

As it happens I doubt he will be charged and, based on the account in the article he won't be -- but not to investigate deaths of (suspected) criminals under any circumstances would be tantamount to legalising vigilante justice.

Meanwhile, spath is just a wind-up merchant. Ignore their posts.

[pixie374]

Yes, the arrest would be normal expected procedure, you would hope. But, at least going by what it says in the link- it was fair self defence.