| John2290 said: I'm rather confused as to why he is being arrested here, it'll be interested to see if he is convicted and sentenced. British and many other western countries need to update their laws in this regard especially in home defence cases.
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I don't think any update to the law is required. You'll likely find he was arrested on suspision while the police investigation but he was released after no more than a few days with no charge. This is just done to ensure there was nothing wrong.
The current British law is than a homeowner can defend themselves and their property with reasonable force, which depends on how the situation is perceived by them at the time, rather than by information there weren't to know (i.e. If a gun is real or not). It draws the line at when say the intruder flees and the homeowner were to give chase down the street and continue to attack.
There was similar incident near where I live where an intruder was killed in a struggle with the homeowner. The police investigated and released the man with no charge. A memorial to the intruder outside the house laid by the intruders family was torn down by the homeowners neighbours.
