got broken in to lastnight

Originally Posted by lylej

we had to go to court but we won on grounds of reasonable force was used, as the offender tried to turn it on us??

Very well done mate!

Anybody else think it's wrong that victims of crime have to defend themselves in court. Guilty until proven innocent here in the UK

My neighbour's car got broken into, 2 kids in hoods, about 3am.

bummer! where abouts do you live? i used to see this so often, the kids didn't even look to steal things, just destroy windows. The other night kids stole the painted bit of my housemates wing mirrors, then stamped on them in the street. A good £100 for a replacement....

My sister recently had a second arson attack on her fence - luckily she woke up and she (with the help of a neighbour) put it out. The bad news is that this is about the 14th attack in the neighbourhood, and everyone is sure they know who is doing it (young pyro with **** for brains) - but the cops cant do anything until they catch him in the act! What happens if it happens again near her front door and she doesnt wake up in time??

thieving little scrotes bring back the electric chair!

they thought about cctv? you can set a webcam up to be motion sensitive with free software too. saying that i offered videos to the police before and they didn't take them, weren't even interested!

Originally Posted by kwak zzr

thieving little scrotes bring back the electric chair!

No, bring back the village stocks. Much more fun.

baseball bat with a nail through it

I know all the talk of weapons is cool but Sky did a good programme where they broke into willing volunteers houses to see how they would cope, the burglar was the SAS guy who wrote bravo two zero.

Most guys who picked up the weapon went to pieces and SAS guy leapt on them and showed he could basically have destroyed them. Only one guy (bouncer) kept his nerve. Best advice was to be calm, firm and not block the exit, there's too many freaks out there.

Andy McNab's the name isn't it?

That said it would be unfortunate if you were burgled/attackd by someone with special forces training.

The burglar who attacked us was no SAS guy but he was a 6 foot junkie.

Theoretically of course I had home advantage but playground skills and Marquis of Queensbury rules aren't much cop against a bloke trying to punch you in the balls and head butt you.

I didn't block the exit...