This issue won’t go away…
While the law allows burglars to invade our property with relative impunity, the matter of defense will continue to rage in the media. Yet, today in the Telegraph there’s a story of the 73 year old farmer who shot a burglar and Judge Andrew Hamilton sentencing the burglar said that it was a pity that prosecutors even thought of bringing a case against the farmer, Kenneth Faulkner.
The law is in serious need of overhaul – and clearly the legal profession are starting to make that clear. Things could get interesting…
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