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Gun blast burglar to sue (UK farmer in jail for self-defense)
UK Telegraph ^
| 23/12/2002
| n.a.
Posted on 12/23/2002 4:10:09 AM PST by Mark Felton
The burglar injured by Tony Martin after he broke into the farmer's home is suing him for £15,000 compensation for loss of earnings.
Brendon Fearon, 32, wants the compensation because he has supposedly been unable to find a job since suffering the gunshot injuries in the raid on Martin's Norfolk home, according to the Daily Mail.
Martin's mother, Hilary, described the idea as "absolutely ridiculous" and condemned laws that would allow Fearon to target her son for money in this way. Martin, 57, is currently serving a prison sentence for shooting dead Fearon's accomplice, 16-year-old Fred Barras, in August 1999 at his farm in Emneth Hungate.
In October last year, his conviction was reduced to manslaughter by the Court of Appeal and his sentence reduced to five years for the killing and three years for injuring Fearon. But his release has been delayed because of administrative problems with the Parole Board.
It emerged six months ago that Fearon, of Newark, Nottinghamshire, was to sue Martin and the farmer launched a counter-claim for damages. A supporter of Martin, Malcolm Starr, told the Daily Mail: "While Tony contemplates another Christmas in prison this man is getting on with trying to feather his own nest."
The writ gives a number of reasons for Fearon's claim, including his leg injuries, which prevent him finding work, concern about his "long-term sexual functioning" and becoming "very tearful" when watching a film in which someone dies.
He is also said to claim that he is afraid of fireworks, no longer enjoys ju-jitsu and kick-boxing and becomes depressed when TV shows contain gunfire.
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coming soon to the US....?
To: aculeus; general_re; BlueLancer; chookter; hellinahandcart; MadIvan; Poohbah; Travis McGee
The writ gives a number of reasons for Fearon's claim, including his leg injuries, which prevent him finding work, concern about his "long-term sexual functioning" and becoming "very tearful" when watching a film in which someone dies.He is also said to claim that he is afraid of fireworks, no longer enjoys ju-jitsu and kick-boxing and becomes depressed when TV shows contain gunfire.
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posted on
12/23/2002 4:17:05 AM PST
by
dighton
To: Mark Felton
What a shame, with better aim the problem would have been solved.
The best thieves are dead ones.
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posted on
12/23/2002 4:17:19 AM PST
by
chiefqc
To: Mark Felton
excuse me, i'm going to heave
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posted on
12/23/2002 4:20:10 AM PST
by
Stavka2
To: Mark Felton
This is what lawyers and courts are all about. "The Rule of Law" is a farce and a sham on this nation and all nations that have blood suckers scaming the public.
The rule of so called law is being circumvented and honset people can no longer defend themselves or trust our system of JUST-US!
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posted on
12/23/2002 4:33:56 AM PST
by
gunnedah
To: gunnedah
The rule of law is a farce indeed. The number of "innocent" loopholes that are used to insinuate the continuing tormenting of innocent people by criminals through the courts is absolutely unacceptable. The benefit of the doubt principle, innocent until proven guilty, should lend itself in the decisions of procedures. Anyone throwing out the baby with the bathwater in the name of perfect justice ought to be put in the same detention centers the Nuremberg criminals shared.
Our justice system was never meant to handle all cases and all claims, it certainly was not meant to prioritize the perfection of justice above that of the effectiveness of justice, justice doing its job: santuarizing a civil society. Dirty does not mean unjust or condemning, it is fact of life.
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posted on
12/23/2002 4:40:16 AM PST
by
lavaroise
To: Mark Felton
The burglar injured by Tony Martin after he broke into the farmer's home is suing him for £15,000 compensation for loss of earnings WTF????
England, you're finished. Sorry, but any vestiges of your proud heritage are dead.
To: Mark Felton
Is this not the most blatant miscarriage of justice youve ever read? England is swallowing her once brilliant self whole, leaving the isle to the criminals. Not a place I want to be ever again.
We must never ever let this happen in America and they will be trying again in 03 to make this country look as stupid as England and Australia. If the 9th gets their way in CA with their decision that the 2nd Amendment doesnt mean what it says, and you cant protect yourself, then it is reasonable to assume there are enough anti-gun nuts to make it carry across the country. Stay in tune with your states legislatures; watch closely how they are leaning and let your voice be heard in favor of guns. We are a free Nation for now, but let them further strap us, the rest will be history.
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posted on
12/23/2002 4:51:21 AM PST
by
yoe
To: Mark Felton
That this cretin is still alive to sue anybody is an indictment, first of British marksmanship, and finally of the English gene pool's apparent ability to produce those self-directed individuals who are capable of applying some late night field expedient justice.
No nation that surrenders to this level of numb-nutted wussiness can, or deserves to, survive.
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posted on
12/23/2002 4:53:37 AM PST
by
DWSUWF
To: Mark Felton
coming soon to the US....?It already has. Any time one uses lethal force, or even non-lethal force, in self-defense, one's opening oneself to crimnal and civil litigation. There have been many cases here in the US where burglars or other criminals, after having been defended against, will sue their victims for such amusing things as "loss of income."
There is a rumored case where a woman shot a man who was attempting to rape her, and he sued her for his later inability to pursue his rape career.
To: yoe
Sorry, we are not a free nation now. "shall not be infringed" has been infringed quite a bit - what is the Assault Weapon Ban, but the actual disarmament of the militia? If we want to regain our freedom we will have to fight to recover what has been taken - namely our fundamental rights. They have been taken for many reasons, all nominally good, but our freedoms have been erroded nonetheless. The 1st Amendment says "Congress shall make no law" and then they pass Campaign Finance Reform and GW signs it into law. The list goes on. First we have to understand that we are presently in what Joe Sobran acurately describes as "Post-Constitutional" America. Much more to do after that.
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posted on
12/23/2002 5:02:55 AM PST
by
RKV
To: Mark Felton
This is a disgusting indictment of the English courts. The suer is a sewer dweller and they should tar and feather him on BBC for entertainment.
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posted on
12/23/2002 5:05:32 AM PST
by
Movemout
To: Chemist_Geek
"Gun Control is a Prelude to Totalitarian rule..." --Theodore Haas
To: Mark Felton
Circa 1985 a burglar sued a property owner in, I believe, Sacramento California. He fell through the skylight while on his way to burglarize the premises. He won $850,000 for a dangerous condition of the premises.
To: Mark Felton
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posted on
12/23/2002 5:27:33 AM PST
by
RKV
To: Mark Felton
The burglar injured by Tony Martin after he broke into the farmer's home is suing him for £15,000 compensation for loss of earnings. In other words, Feardon could have earned £15,000 from fencing stolen property since 1999.
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posted on
12/23/2002 5:35:12 AM PST
by
AF68
To: Mark Felton
I wonder if movies about blood-sucking, worthless, bottom- dwelling, scum make him depressed as well.
To: lavaroise
So over there, someone breaks into your house. You 1) let 'em have their way or 2) if you decide to defend yourself, you do so with the understanding that your life is over.
As in the post above, coming soon to the U.S. Even if it's not that bad here yet, I understand a completely legal and justified shooting can cause you $10-$20k in legal fees.
To: Mark Felton
Well, I guess if he loses the suit, he can always burgle the burglars home to get his money back.
To: Age of Reason
This should be a wake up call to those Limeys still willing to defend themselves. Drag the dead body away from your home. You certainly don't have anything to lose...
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posted on
12/23/2002 6:25:48 AM PST
by
chadwimc
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