Mr. Singh

[brionon]

Won't be charged with murder for killing the the thief who broke into his house. A good signal to potential criminals? What do you think ?

[jake-the-peg]

I think I told you so

Classic case of self defence.

Wasn't his knife, he sustained multiple injuries, the thief sustained one to the chest.

I don't think there was ever any real doubt, the Police passed the file to the CPS and they decided correctly that it was pure self defence.

Tabloids trying to make a story.

"Oooh he could be charged by the PC gone mad law"

"Oooh now he's not!"

What a story!

[spaced]

I wouldnt think twice about killing someone breaking into my home, self defense or not

[badboy78]

my gun cabinet is in my wardrobe if someone broke into my house theyd get a warning shot and then both barrels.

[eyeshade]

Would you though badboy, have time to grap your gun safe keys, get the guns out, find the cartridges which are presumably in a different place to the gun safe - in time before he does the deed?

[spaced]

who says his cabinet is locked and his guns aint already loaded????

[NikkiB]

I think Mr Singh has suffered enough. His home was broken into, he had a tussle with the assailant and has to live with the fact that he killed him (even though the burglar was 100% to blame) It must be a nasty ordeal for Mr Singh and it was an ordeal that was brought to him, rather than one he brought upon himself.

[dundurn]

I agree with the action (or rather inaction) taken, however just a couple of points - I don't believe there was any question of housebreaking. Mr Singh, I seem to remember, was in his car having removed the takings from his shop. The attacker smashed the car window. At what point Mr Singh exited the car I don't know. The other major difference between badboy's "guns at the ready" scenario is that the knife used wasn't Mr Singh's but belonged to the attacker and Mr Singh was injured in the struggle before the attacker suffered the fatal blow.

No point blaming the tabloids for over-sensationalising the case if we're not talking about the facts as reported.

[sir.prize]

Who initiated the sensationalism in this instance?

My vote goes to the police for taking to the CPS. Or are they obliged to report it to CPS?

Did they really expect to get a prosecution.

In my opinion - both the assailant and the victim have got justice.

[aka pixi]

Thats great news :)

[Booldawg]

Hundreds of years ago they'd hang the body from a gibbet as a warning to other theiving scum to think twice.

[sp1814]

Booldawg

They do that in parts of the Middle East. Don't know about you, but I don't want to have to brush past rotting corpses at lunchtime on my way to Pret-a-Manger.

Gross.

[tufty7]

I am pleased for Mr Singh,
justice has been seen to be done, I hope that he can get his life back together again and get some sort of normality back for him and his family , Its time the tide turned on the minority scum that rule the majority through fear and retribution and we fought back and dished out public justice to put them back in line again, before its too late for us as a society and we all have to wear stab vest's and go out in gangs to fetch our shopping .......

[Supernick]

Sir.prize - I believe that they are obliged to take any case beyond the very minor to the CPS once the evidence has been gathered. The CPS then give their opinionon what charges, (if any) are to be brought. Basically, anything beyond the gathering of evidence and investigation of the crime goes to them, so in the case of a violent death their involvment is madatory. So the police can't very well be accused of sensationalising it. The media definitely can however. The story was reported in such a way in most tabloids that it suggested that the average person cannot even defend themselves from their own deaths without being charged for assault or murder. This is so painfully untrue that it's downright irresponsible.

When this first hit the news and was discussed on AB there was not one person who had a basic unsderstanding of the law that thought ay charges would be brought. And so it has been proved. The problem is that the media stoke up fear in everyone, and so they believe that they're helpless to defend themselves. Then they lump completely different cases (Tony Martin) into the equation and try to claim that he was imprisoned for doing the same thing, when he quite profoundly wasn't. Thus you get a public who believe that justice favours the criminals and have no confidence in the system, when all they need to do is broaden their horizons a little and they would see that on the whole (and I'm not saying it's flawless) it works very logically, and completely against common public perception

[spaudi]

Yep!
Gives the right message to knife wielders, armed robbers, thieving cowards, violent morons drug crazed pr1cks and idiotic do-gooders.
Works for me.