swift240 wrote:
The law is as I see it these days FOR the criminal and against the victim.
Yeah, that's my interpretation of it. You can have someone commit a crime against you and if you dare defend yourself or your property then you risk charges being brought. It's fair game for a criminal to have a go at you or your home, because even if he/she gets their ass kicked they can sue for assault and make cash out of you that way. Easy money.
The Police are at an all time low in this country when it comes to public support. I hate to bang on, but you can count on being under the full weight of the law if you speed or have no TV license (£1000 fine), but stand little chance of getting a conviction and/or your property back in a burglary, despite the myriad CCTV cameras we have in our towns.
Actually, an interesting case a while back. A guy had returned home from an archery competition and was about to dismantle his bow and place it back in it's case. He heard a noise, ran to the window and saw a young chav putting a brick through his car window and clambering inside to get the stereo. He opened the window, drew the bow and fired a carbon arrow right into the chav's arse, causing a lot of damage in the process.
The chav of course complained to the authorities, who ruled that because the man happened to have a weapon in his hand, his actions weren't premeditated and therefore didn't constitute assault. He was cleared of charges and best of all, it took surgeons a full hour to remove the (hopefully splintered) carbon arrow from the chav.
An extremely rare, but welcome victory for common sense.