UPDATE: Victim Jailed for Resisting Burglar, Burglar Set Free

[Jark212]

We're the only counrty in the world where you can be sued for saving someones life.

Uhm.......how does that work?

I guy pulled a woman from a flaming car after she ran into him. The car fire was enough to have cooked her alive. Him saving her broke her legs and she won a lawsuit for 10 million.

Man Sues Hospital for Procedure That Saves His Life From Overdose : 90,000 lbs..UK ... roughly $146,000 dollars : US [http://lawvibe.com/man-sues-hospital-for-procedure-that-saves-his-life-from-overdose/]

Jeb Corliss sued the city when the cops stopped him from jumping off the Empire State Building in 2006: he's sued for $30 million, complaining that the stress of being handcuffed to the railing (after security officers pulled him down as he was climbing over the safety railing) has caused "emotional distress" and "adrenal fatigue." [http://overlawyered.com/2008/01/suit-you-kept-me-from-jumping-off-the-empire-state-building/]
and
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/would-be-jumper-sues-empire-state-building/

Mother sues Glade over her son's death even though there are already warnings on the label of the Glade air freshener bottle that warn not to inhale the contents or die. [http://www.wafb.com/global/story.asp?s=11616294]

people sue other people for stupid reasons and our judges are pretty retarded enough to side with the idiots.

Holy crap, Those are some crazy stories...

 

[magnuslion]

while you have the right to self defense, you do not have the right to beat someone nearly to death. they went to far. once he was incapacitated, they should have stopped. if you were acting stupid because you were drunk and picked a fight in a bar, would you want the other guy to have the legal right to beat you retarded?

 

[Flames66]

Personally I don't think prison time is appropriate. Charge them the full cost of his medical bills maybe.

That wouldn't really work since we don't have medical bills but I do agree with you that something other than prison should have been used. A suspended sentence or community service maybe?

I am Brittish, I know hes not charged for his medical care but it still costs money which is instead payed for by the tax payer. What I'm saying is as the people caused his injuries after he was clearly fleeing, it was unnecessary and they should pay for the cost. From what I read their not exactly short of cash.

 

[JWAN]

The guy breaks in and threatens this guys family with a knife and then the knife wielding guy looses control of the situation and gets his ass kicked to the point hes brain damaged.
Do you have the right to self defense in England? At all?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/self+defence

 

[jpoon]

I hope this isn't real. I feel sorry for the people in the UK. Can't be armed, can't protect yourselves at all. What the fuck is wrong with the people writing your laws? Your country used to be the badasses of the world, reduced to people afraid to use guns and restricted from using a knife even. geez...

Don't feel sorry for us, I'd much rather be here than in the USA. I actually feel safer with these restrictions.

Lol, hilarious. Your nation really has lost it's will to fight. Definitely glad I'm not over there with you guys...

The guy breaks in and threatens this guys family with a knife and then the knife wielding guy looses control of the situation and gets his ass kicked to the point hes brain damaged.
Do you have the right to self defense in England? At all?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/self+defence

They apparently have the right to be pussies and let everyone and everything take advantage of them. Those guys need to take their country back from the globalist politically correct fucks and start kicking ass like they used to.

 

[Internet Kraken]

I agree with the courts decision.

The man was lying defenseless on the ground. They beat him so much that he may have received brain damage. That's just ridiculous. There is no reason for them to have beaten the criminal so much, especially when you consider that he was running away instead of attacking them. That wasn't self-defense. It was pointless revenge.

So, the man who fucking held a family hostage, threatened to kill all of them, and proceeded to steal their posessions is the good guy here?

If you had just been looted and threatened, I don't think you'd exactly be eager to give the man a fucking pat on the back and by him a beer.

What, were you expecting them to say "Oh, I'm sorry. Did that hurt? Well, feel free to threaten our lives and loot our house again!"

I am not trying to suggest that the criminal is the "good guy". There is no good guy in this situation. Both people did something horribly wrong. Of course I don't expect the victim to tolerate the actions of the criminal. But that doesn't excuse his behavior.

This man had just been threatened, held hostage, and robbed. If that happened to me, I'd be delirious too. As long as he doesn't go around beating civilians, I don't think he should be punished. And if he is, 30 months is unreasonable.

You can't excuse someone's behavior just because they were delirious.

 

[Internet Kraken]

You can't excuse someone's behavior just because they were delirious.

But you can forgive someone for threatening lives and stealing property because he got hurt, while the other man gets two and a half years in prison.

I never said that was justified. I find it ridiculous that the criminal is getting off with almost no punishment.

 

[Internet Kraken]

You can't excuse someone's behavior just because they were delirious.

But you can forgive someone for threatening lives and stealing property because he got hurt, while the other man gets two and a half years in prison.

I never said that was justified. I find it ridiculous that the criminal is getting off with almost no punishment.

And I'm not saying the man should have gotten completely off, but 30-months in prison is a bit too much for that. I, for one, admit that if someone threatened me and stole my property, I'd be tempted to beat them too. He shouldn't get off free, but that sentence is a bit over-the-top.

He gave the man a fractured skull and brain damage. I don't think 30 months is to harsh for an attack that could have done permanent damage to the victim.

 

[Internet Kraken]

You can't excuse someone's behavior just because they were delirious.

But you can forgive someone for threatening lives and stealing property because he got hurt, while the other man gets two and a half years in prison.

I never said that was justified. I find it ridiculous that the criminal is getting off with almost no punishment.

And I'm not saying the man should have gotten completely off, but 30-months in prison is a bit too much for that. I, for one, admit that if someone threatened me and stole my property, I'd be tempted to beat them too. He shouldn't get off free, but that sentence is a bit over-the-top.

He gave the man a fractured skull and brain damage. I don't think 30 months is to harsh for an attack that could have done permanent damage to the victim.

Because he had his X-ray goggles on at the time, of course. Criminals are not victims. If I were to break a man's arm when I'm disarming him in his attempt to murder me and rape my family, apparently, I'm the bad guy here. Thanks for the fucking wisdom.

He was running away. He was no longer trying to kill anyone. At that point, the amount of violence is definitely not justified.

And you have to be trying really hard to fracture someone's skull. He wanted to cause horrible pain for the sake of revenge. I can not tolerate that, even if the victim is a criminal. A criminal is still a person.

 

[Jark212]

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