Tony Martin Burglary

[tamborine]

Tony Martin shot burglars inside his house in the dead of night.

What would you do

[tonyav]

The same if I had a gun.

[ummmm]

I thought he shot him when he was running away?

Anyway...I don't have a gun so I'd have to bash them with a hurley stick...

[tamborine]

It was him or them who would survive.

Glad I dont have a gun else....

[Canary42]

This has been done to death (pun intended) years ago. Why drag it up again now ?

[tamborine]

no ummm, he shot at the torch shone at him. No one ran away according to tv

[tamborine]

coz twas on tv tonite canary

[Baldric]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Martin_(farmer)
Anthony Edward Martin (born 16 December 1944) is a farmer from Norfolk, England, who shot a burglar dead in his home in August 1999.

[Canary42]

OK

[ummmm]

Canary....it was docu drama.

[Peter Pedant]

// no ummm, he shot at the torch shone at him. No one ran away according to tv//

yes umm - the burglar was shot in the back
and so it was very difficult to plead self defence

This point is recurring over the viddie of the police getting a hiding and being viddied. If you go to the police's help -self defence is NOT available as a plea if things go sour

[Peter Pedant]

yeah you know as Trump says
you cant believe everything you see on tee-vee

[tamborine]

He was imprisoned in 1999, recently released but too scared to re-enter his house.

[Baldric]

/// On 28 July 2003, Martin was released after serving three years of his five-year sentence ///
Wiki

[Mamyalynne]

Thought there was thread on this yesterday.

I don't have a gun now either.

[retrocop]

Mamyalynne
Did you once possess a handgun for target shooting?

[tamborine]

didnt realise this was done.

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/ChatterBank/Question1632828-3.html

My OH jumped out of bed naked, our burglars fled like bats ;)

[ToraToraTora]

PP: "yes umm - the burglar was shot in the back
and so it was very difficult to plead self defence " - it was in the dark derrr

[ummmm]

I just assumed he was trying to get out or running away.

I didn't watch the programme though.

[hereIam]

Wouldn't shoot them because I don't have a gun, probably scream my head off as loud as I could !!

[Peter Pedant]

// PP: "yes umm - the burglar was shot in the back
and so it was very difficult to plead self defence " - it was in the dark derrr//

er you can't just blast people away at night - unless you are in the land of the free of course