What you ‘expect’ and what the UK legal system demands clearly don’t align I also find it really quite bizarre that you would expect jail time for using minimal force in self defence it’s an incredible contrast to those on hear that want American style ‘my home is my casltle’ type laws that allow them to go full postal on anyone who knocks unexpectedly on the door!I'm not sure what your opinion of the case is, other than you keep having a go at me.
If I was hit with a bag and reacted by pushing the old woman over and she died *I* would expect to be jailed for a period of time.
I'm giving my view on what I would expect to happen and was surprised it didn't happen in this case.
There are plenty examples of terrible sentencing out there and while this one is debatable it hardly even scratches the surface!