Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/10/26/nshot26.xml&sSheet=/portal/2004/10/2 6/ixportaltop.html A 73-year-old farmer who shot a burglar after being broken into three times "could not be criticised" for the way he defended his property, a judge said yesterday. Judge Andrew Hamilton, sentencing the burglar to seven years in jail for a string of similar crimes, said it was "a pity" that prosecutors had even thought of bringing charges of assault against the farmer, Kenneth Faulkner.
....... Michael Auty, prosecuting, said the "primary reason" that the CPS decided not to charge Mr Faulkner was that Rae had been left with only pellet wounds in his lower leg. BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/3954033.stm A Home Office spokeswoman would not comment on individual cases. But she said: "The Criminal Law Act 1967 provides that a person may use such force as is reasonable in the circumstances in the prevention of crime, or in effecting or assisting in the lawful arrest of offenders or suspected offenders or of persons unlawfully at large. "It is up to the courts to decide what may be considered reasonable force." _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
