78 year old arrested for murder of burglar, *Update: Cleared of all charge but still faces strife,

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John2290 said:

Nogamez said:
He was forced into the kitchen at screwdriver point, so for me thats basically false imprisonment, trespassing and breaking and entering. As the criminal was threating him with a screwdriver, the victim can lawfully kill the criminal if he felt his or some one elses life was in imminent danger. Of course its up to the defense to proof that and vice versa, but yeah i would be suprised if CPS pursue this case.

You never know with UK law these days. It could go anyway.

Unless the laws that are applicable in this case have changed lately, it's got nothing to do with "these days". You'll always have cases that are in a grey area, in fact one of the most important duties of the justice system is to cover those grey area cases. If all cases were clear cut, black and white, trials wouldn't be a thing.