[wellard]

I am not going into the gory details but similar to RTB I caught a man breaking into my car, with a brand new computer on the front seat, I took 'unreasonable actions' in defending my property according to the police and spent some time in jail because of it.

I tell you now I was bitter and twisted about this whole episode for many years. Of course if I had bothered to get a lawyer and lie saying he attacked me first I could have easily gotten away with it.

As far as I am concerned anyone caught 'in the act' should be prevented from claiming any compensation either due to excessive force or accident. like in a famous case down here a burglar fell through a factory roof while attempting to break in and sued the factory owner!

I would draw the line at being able to kill (or to loose the full use of a limb) the wrongdoer unless in mortal danger but make the onus upon the wrongdoer to prove that the force was excessive.

[ 04-24-2007, 01:16 AM: Message edited by: wellard ]