[Red in Blue PA]

Pregnant women shouldn’t be robbing houses and beating up 80 yo men. How cam you defend that?

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Assuming she was indeed pregnant (as far he he knew, she was) -- the baby inside her had nothing to do his/her mother's actions. Once he became aware that she was pregnant, he had a responsibility to the baby.

If a criminal takes a human shield you can't just blow them both away, especially if the human shield is an innocent baby.