Posted on 11/02/2005 1:09:53 PM PST by naturalman1975
A MAN who killed a burglar with a samurai sword is unlikely to be charged, police said yesterday. Johnny Nguyen says he grabbed the deadly blade from two attackers after he and his girlfriend were tied up.
One of the intruders is dead and his injured accomplice is under police guard in hospital after Mr Nguyen is believed to have turned their sword against them.
Police said last night it was unlikely Mr Nguyen would be prosecuted.
"At this stage we believe he was defending himself," said acting Sen-Sgt Steve McIntyre of the homicide squad.
The deadly chain of events began when electricity was cut to the Noble Park home of Mr Nguyen, 32, and his girlfriend, Brooke, 20.
The victims say they were attacked and tied up by the intruders.
But Mr Nguyen, his hands still bound, has told police he managed to seize the sword and wield it against the men.
Witnesses heard the mortally injured man groaning and crying for help in his final moments.
"He was just basically moaning and saying, 'I'm dying, please help me'," neighbour Fabian Campbell said.
"When he said, 'I'm dying', that's when it sounded pretty serious."
The second man, with severe cuts to a leg and arm, managed to stagger away from the scene.
A man was later arrested and was expected to be interviewed by homicide detectives yesterday after being treated in hospital.
Charges are not expected to be laid against Mr Nguyen.
It is believed Brooke came out of their Arnold St home to investigate the power cut just after midnight yesterday.
She was then set upon by two men armed with a gun, the sword, a bat and other knives.
Mr Nguyen arrived home soon after.
"They bound up the two occupants of the house, a male and a female, and they've then assaulted those two persons," Sen-Sgt McIntyre said.
It was then that Mr Nguyen made his move, grabbing the sword and fighting back.
"And during the course of that, one of the home invaders suffered some fatal injuries and he's died at the scene a little bit later on."
Brooke was able to escape and raise the alarm with neighbours.
"She was frantic. She told us she was tied up but she was able to escape," said next-door neighbour John Piasentin, who phoned police.
After attacking the two intruders, Mr Nguyen also managed to escape. He contacted police and drove to get his brother.
Police yesterday took Mr Nguyen's car for forensic testing.
Police have not yet established whether the couple knew their attackers.
A man tried to negotiate a surrender at Chelsea police station but is believed to have changed his mind when media arrived at the building.
He was later taken into custody and treated at the Casey Hospital in Berwick.
The dead man was well known to police in the southeastern suburbs.
The Herald Sun believes he was a heroin user who had been involved in burglaries and robberies.
His alleged accomplice is a suspected car thief.
Police believe the two intruders sought money.
"Demands for cash were made," Sen-Sgt McIntyre said.
Well... yeah.
Dan
"Samauri Home Invaders"
ozzie ozzie ozzie...oy oy oy!
Cool......
I just love a happy ending.
Gotta love the "feel goods!"
Clearly his style of martial arts was far superior to the robbers'.
BANG!
- "Shoot, shovel, and shut up."
His kung fu was very strong.
Nguyen should have helped him die quicker.
Too bad Msuyen couldn't have just blasted the crook with his own legal Colt or Glock.
But but but ....guns are outlawed in Aussie Land I thought !?!?
No, they're not. Not that that is relevant to a criminal - but Australians can legally own firearms, and there are millions of guns in private hands.
Was the ban just handguns ?
No, there hasn't really been a ban.
Handguns are more controlled than basic longarms (as are semi-automatic and automatic longarms) which means you require more than a general permit to own them - but you can get those permits. It's not as easy as a basic permit for a non-auto rifle, but it's really not all that difficult.
For some reason, some people and groups have chosen to misrepresent the state of gun control in Australia. It's not ideal, by any means - there's a lot of bureaucracy to navigate to own more than a basic rifle or shotgun - but there's nothing like a total ban. You just have to get the right permit.
OK now understand I only know about your country what I read so educate me if ya have time.
http://www.gunowners.org/hlr-au.htm
Am I to understand that pump shotguns, rifles and semi auto shotguns, rifles and handguns have been banned yet revolvers , bolt guns and break open double barrels etc are OK and easy to own as usual ?
Was this just an ugly gun grab ?
That article overstates the case in my view.
The weapons they describe as banned and prohibited aren't in fact banned. They are restricted in the sense that you have to have a special licence to own them, but you can get those licences.
Basically, the general gun licence (or permit) is an A/B licence. This allows you to own non automatic/non semi-automatic basic rifles and shotguns. This licence is easy to get.
Other weapons require higher level licences, and these are, progressively more complicated to get. But it's really not that hard if you make sure you know the law - actually in my case, I hired a lawyer to do all that for me, but that was because my time is more valuable to me than money - I know other people who've done it themselves, and they said it was about as difficult as buying a house - legally somewhat complicated but nowhere near impossible. You can do it if you want to.
Handguns - and this includes even things like basic revolvers - also require a special permit. This is reasonably easy to get - about the same as a permit for a semi-auto rifle, but you do need a special permit for it.
Gun grab? Depends on how you define a gun grab. People handed around 640,000 weapons in exchange for cash, but nearly all of those were weapons they could have continued to own if they'd been willing to do the paperwork.
Basically, it's not easy to casually own more than basic firearms in Australia. But if you're serious about firearms, then it can be done - and a lot of people do it.
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