And there were a couple twits in the comment section who wanted the homeowner punished - one even wanted manslaughter which is strange since no one was actually slaughtered. Most of the rest were bemoaning British and other Euro laws against self defense and mentioning that if it happened in the US the burglars would have been shot by the home owners. Yes, foreigners, we all have machine guns and will shoot anyone who looks at our houses.
I noticed the same thing: the headline didn't match how I read the text. Since this is the Daily Mail, I was wondering if this use of "hacked to pieces" is some British thing, and I went to the article comments mainly to see if anyone wrote a comment on it (so far, I haven't seen any).
Yes, foreigners, we all have machine guns and will shoot anyone who looks at our houses.
I use giant teflon coated exploding bullets that contain angry flying sharks.
Sometimes we throw parties and everybody fires wildly in the air and then we drunkenly dodge the sharks.