Stabbed Burglar

keverton · June 24, 2011

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-13900285

Just wondering on your guys thoughts and opinions on this. Man stabbed to death attempting to rob a house in salford. Think the owner of house is on a murder charge. Apparently it was a gang who where robbing houses in that area. Not sure where i stand on this to be honest. Someone attempts to rob my house with wife and child in i am not sure if i could be held responsible for my actions.

Nordecke · June 24, 2011

Innocent.. A man breaks into your home you have the right to take his pitiful life..

Would be a damn shame if charges were brought against this man.

Alio · June 24, 2011

Someone breaks into your house, do what the chuff you like to them

Chang Elephant · June 24, 2011

No sympathy at all for the burglar.

Ring master · June 24, 2011

Spot on,if someone breaks in you are hardly going to sit there and let them do it if you catch them,you just want to beat the living hell out of them,lucky we have not been broke into in 26 years of my old house and 2 years at current new one,

icburns · June 24, 2011

Maybe if he was stabbed in excess of ten times, but it really sounds like a simple case of self defence based on the article.

Silas · June 24, 2011

Yep, he broke into someone's home. They defended it.

Allezfan · June 24, 2011

Straight forward self defence. Expect it'll be laughed out of court.

keverton · June 24, 2011

Artetafan said:
Straight forward self defence. Expect it'll be laughed out of court.

I hope so, like someone said in a earlier post i suppose it depends on the number of times to guy was stabbed.

Alio · June 24, 2011

Macaulay Culkin set the record straight really

ijjysmith · June 24, 2011

Alio said:
Someone breaks into your house, do what the chuff you like to them

Agreed mate.

Matt Damon · June 24, 2011

keverton said:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-13900285

Just wondering on your guys thoughts and opinions on this. Man stabbed to death attempting to rob a house in salford. Think the owner of house is on a murder charge. Apparently it was a gang who where robbing houses in that area. Not sure where i stand on this to be honest. Someone attempts to rob my house with wife and child in i am not sure if i could be held responsible for my actions.

Having once disturbed - without realising it - two lads breaking into a flat and them turning on me shouting/threatening me to "go in" out of nowhere (hadn't realised what they were doing until they started) jumped out of their car etc

as long as it's reasonable force

the guy was under threat then its open and closed as far as I'm concerned.

I'd have no hesitation now of beating the **** out of both with a rolling pin them lads if they'd of decided to come have a go.

I was stood at my front door minding my own, seeing someone off when it happened to...

Pisses me off even now.

EFCNIK · June 24, 2011

It's a case of reasonable force. You stab him once and he's on the floor fair enough, you claim self defence. You repeatedly stab him its a whole different story. Rightly or wrongly.

Havent read the story so I dont know what happened really. But all cases like this it's all about 'reasonable or excessive force'.