I think this one is definitely GD worthy...
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/cri...n-at-house-in-south-east-london-a3805251.html
OK so we perhaps do need some more details but initial thoughts based on that line are WTF???? This doesn't seem to be a case of a burglar trying to flee and then getting attacked (shot in the back Tony Martin style etc..) but a burglar has actually forced someone into a kitchen against their will - I'd have thought in most circumstances that it would be fair game to grab anything to hand in order to defend yourself there, like a kitchen knife perhaps.
this report by the BBC adds further detail:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-43639183
so not just forced into the kitchen but was threatened with a weapon in his own home...
I'd hope that in most circumstances the charges (if there are charges) would be dropped relatively quickly, but you never know these days... it does seem a bit off no?
He's the victim of a crime that was likely pretty traumatic (especially for a person who is nearly 80), he's suffered injuries from it, had his life threatened with a screwdriver in his own home, seemingly defended himself and and now been arrested!
surely in some circumstances like this a bit of discretion ought to be applied? I mean what if say a young girl were to be raped while being threatened with a weapon and then killed her attacker would the police arrest the girl first?
It doesn't seem like an ideal way of handling it when you're dealing with the victim of a traumatic event, I get that perhaps they've made the arrest to formally question him etc..etc. and (hopefully) if it is, as it seems to be, legitimate self defence then he won't be charged.. but he's an elderly person who's probably in a complete state right now as a result of a situation that was forced upon him and it just doesn't seem right that he's still currently locked up and going through even more stress when he perhaps could do with having family etc.. around him. I doubt he's going to be fleeing the country any time soon etc..
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/cri...n-at-house-in-south-east-london-a3805251.html
OK so we perhaps do need some more details but initial thoughts based on that line are WTF???? This doesn't seem to be a case of a burglar trying to flee and then getting attacked (shot in the back Tony Martin style etc..) but a burglar has actually forced someone into a kitchen against their will - I'd have thought in most circumstances that it would be fair game to grab anything to hand in order to defend yourself there, like a kitchen knife perhaps.
this report by the BBC adds further detail:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-43639183
so not just forced into the kitchen but was threatened with a weapon in his own home...
I'd hope that in most circumstances the charges (if there are charges) would be dropped relatively quickly, but you never know these days... it does seem a bit off no?
He's the victim of a crime that was likely pretty traumatic (especially for a person who is nearly 80), he's suffered injuries from it, had his life threatened with a screwdriver in his own home, seemingly defended himself and and now been arrested!
surely in some circumstances like this a bit of discretion ought to be applied? I mean what if say a young girl were to be raped while being threatened with a weapon and then killed her attacker would the police arrest the girl first?
It doesn't seem like an ideal way of handling it when you're dealing with the victim of a traumatic event, I get that perhaps they've made the arrest to formally question him etc..etc. and (hopefully) if it is, as it seems to be, legitimate self defence then he won't be charged.. but he's an elderly person who's probably in a complete state right now as a result of a situation that was forced upon him and it just doesn't seem right that he's still currently locked up and going through even more stress when he perhaps could do with having family etc.. around him. I doubt he's going to be fleeing the country any time soon etc..
