| Green098 said: It's a toughie, considering the age of the man and if he was all by himself he might of been too weak or frightened to anything other than attack the burglar with a weapon. I think it was justified imprisonment is too far for this scenario in my opinion. |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-43676359
No charges were brought. See the link above. The below extract sums up the legal complexities of these cases quite well.
The law was clarified in 2013 to say if it was a highly stressful situation and if someone was under a great deal of pressure, then it would not be against the law to act using reasonable force. It's always debateable what reasonable force actually is. But there was an assumption that if someone entered your house and if you were genuinely petrified and you did take some action, such as we had in this case, then that could be considered reasonable.
