held for 13 hours for defending him self

Originally Posted by CheGuevara

So if it's illegal to have something preparred to defend yourself inside your own home (and this strikes me as lunacy), then the lesson is to use a common household item - kitchen knife maybe?

Only if its immediately to hand and you don't run to the kitchen.

Originally Posted by The Guru

Only if its immediately to hand and you don't run to the kitchen.

so i could clout some one with a coffee table that's next to me and the law could see that as been prepared to defend

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

6xD battery Maglite is the kiddy


And no, he wasn't locked up for defending his property, he was detained while the police investigated an allegation of ABH

If the CPS decide to charge him he can use the self defence as a defence against the charge, and if he is judged to have exceeded the limits of self defence he will be found guilty

Really very simple until you involve the Daily Wail readers...

Yes he was. They could have easily investigated it with him sat at home.

Where was the allegation without a victim?

[CLARKYsv]

My Large tools are always kept in my room... Easy access should I need to quickly do any work on the bike.... Pick them up on the way out the door

[Biker Biggles]

Farmer Martin had a shotgun and that was deemed to be unlawful,especially when he appeared to shoot the pikey as he was exiting the property.When(if) it gets to court it wont help if the assailant has bragged about what happened on a forum when trying to prove he just did the minimum he had to.

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by barwel1992

so i could clout some one with a coffee table that's next to me and the law could see that as been prepared to defend

No because it's normal to have a coffee table there.

Having a baseball bat next to your bed would be making preparations. TBH I see it as a good idea to have some weaponry to hand in every room, just make sure you've a "reason" it's there.

so you could have a base ball bad hanging on the wall as an "ornament" like some people do with sward's

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Yes he was. They could have easily investigated it with him sat at home.

Where was the allegation without a victim?

Who said there was no victim?

And if someone is accused of ABH you don't just ask them to stay at home while you do your investigating, just because the guy might be trustworthy doesn't make 99% of the people accused of ABH any less likely to do a runner if the police come to their house then leave them there...

[Biker Biggles]

OK so I can keep a handy knife in the kitchen,a coffee table with big fat f off chunky legs in the living room a snap on breaker bar in the dining room where the bike lives and all manner of instruments of torture in the bedroom cos Im kinky like that?
I think that covers the reasonable self defence excuses?

Originally Posted by barwel1992

They have no complainant and no victim.

TLW from my original post, its like some one phoned up and left no name or name of the person that was hurt just accusing the bloke of ABH