Some examples please?
Whilst the situation in Britain is far from perfect, home owners are allowed to use ‘reasonable force’ and if they feel threatened this can include killing an intruder, as long as they action was instinctive and proportional.
See, for example, ‘Burglar murder charge against Nottingham man dropped’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/8629395.stm
These cases rarely get discussed on here though, as it doesn’t fit in with the myopic ‘England is insane’ spiel to which you all so desperately cling.
Regards.
The Crown was happy to pursue the charges all the way up until a court appearence though weren’t they?
In America, the police wouldn’t even have arrested him. I will admit that even in bonkers Britain, the chances of you actually being convicted of killing a burglar are very small (unless you shot them as they were running away, or tied them to a chair and tortured them to death whilst playing ‘stuck in the middle with you’ by stealers wheel) but still, if you killed a burglar, or even left a mark on him. You would end up being arrested and spending time staring at the inside of a police cell before the charges got dismissed...
The case you cite is hardly any indication that victims are safe from protecting themselves. In fact, if it wasn’t for the kid lying the guy would be behind bars now just for defending himself.