[Prodigal Son]

I fret over this a lot. We own a house in the Borders region of Scotland and have a flat in Glasgow (in that traitor Galloway's district as a matter of fact). Where we live in the Borders is basically like Mayberry RFD so we don't really worry about it but Glasgow is a different banana all together. Lots of junkies who need to support their habit. Don't know what I'm supposed to do if one of 'em comes breaking in the door...

I'm a foreigner here. Don't want to spend twenty years in UK jail because I beat a burglar to death with my wife's reflex hammer (that thingy the doctor taps your knees with)...

[1066AD]

Don't know what I'm supposed to do if one of 'em comes breaking in the door...
Install the Mother of All Doors otherwise it seems you should welcome them and then call the cops once they leave ! I read while over there last November that the majority of burglaries now occur when householders are at home - the burglars know there's not much likely to happen. Pitiful but true. Fight 'em and you'll get sued or even prosecuted.

[gaspar]

They have the same sort of problem in Mexico. There, company lawyers say kill the intruder (never injure him), but make sure you dump the body away from your house. And, never call the police. It's called anarchy, but it is the modus operandi in that country, and it seems to work.