If this is true...and it appears it is because this man was sent to jail for defending his property against intruders...then the Brits are more terribly screwed up in their social thinking than you can imagine.
Hey socialists. How about if someone invades your island nation? Should you wait until they destroy a city, while they are marching towards it, before you take action?
IMHO, if someone breaks into you house, you MUST consider them a deadly threat from the outset and react accordingly. Othwerweise, there is a good chance that you may loose much more than your belongings.
<< The victim was sent to prison and the criminal profits. >>
In the Euro-peons' Neo-Soviet's squalidly socialistic offshore satellite state up is down and down is up and right is wrong and crazy is sane -- and some animals are more equal than others.