Three men burgled a house, tied up the owner and his family and threatened them. The owner got free and chased them down the street with his friends. The owner apparently hit the burglar too hard and was jailed for 3 years while the burglar who had 50 other offences was set free. The other two burglars haven’t been found which seems surprising as you would have thought there would be some leverage on the one caught.
Believe it or not this is how the law in Britain works. The victim becomes the offender and is jailed, the original offender becomes the offended and is set free and his accomplices forgotten.
The papers contain opinions supporting liberal policies but thinking this is further than intended as well as those in less moderate papers who are taking smelling salts. Legal experts say the law only allows you to hit a burglar proportionately and today the Conservatives have said this seems adequate.
Could it be that this is a forerunner for plans to set up courses for those who wish to become qualified legal burglars and the legalising of burglary up to a certain value.
At this moment a middle aged man who led a blameless life, set up his own business and brought up a family in a nice house is in jail for 3 years. Surely this is wrong and excessive even on the most liberal basis. A New Years Pardon if you please Mr Johnson.