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mark occomore · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK

A suspected burglar has been stabbed to death during a botched break in.
It is believed four men forced their way into the house and were confronted by the residents.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-13885457

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I shake there hands if they were defended their property.

ruddlescat · Joined: 16 Sep 2010 Posts: 18010 Location: Near Chester

It all depends on whether a court takes the view that the force used was reasonable and proportionate and every case is judged on its individual merits

There have been cases where burglars or intruders have been killed and where the courts have accepted that the force used was reasonable quite simply because the test of what is reasonable has to be applied subjectively based on an individual's state of mind at the time of being attacked or burgled

However it is unusual for the courts to sanction deadly force unless the perceived threat is very serious
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