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Ok, I am reading about a guy who was sleeping in his home when two carreer criminals (both with more than 20 convictions) break into his farm house, he shoots them with a shotgun and Kills the younger one and wounds the older.
The farmer is tried for murder and is found guilty and sent to jail for 30 years, then because of public outcry it is reduced to manslaughter and 5 years...now he is still in jail, while the criminal that survived (is not in jail) has received public funding to sue the farmer in a civil case to seek money to address his "wounds".
My first reaction is *WTF?*, as are my two subsequent reactions. My fourth reaction is that this has got to be twisted and Im not being told something.
In the UK does a person sitting in his home have no right to defend himself and his family and property from invaders? Does a person have to let the invaders kill him or someone else before taking action? I just don't get it. Can any of one familiar with the UK and its laws and Justice system explain this all to me?
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