Delftsman

While I believe strongly that "self defense" is a right these guys weren't jailed for "DEFENDING their family from a violent criminal".

They were jailed for the attack on the criminal AFTER he left the house ...

"He and Tokeer chased the gang and brought Salem to the ground in a front garden ... Mr Hussain and his brother then beat Salem while he lay on the ground, using a cricket bat, a pole and a hockey stick - leaving him with a fractured skull and brain damage following the 'sustained' attack."

(Interesting how they just happened to have a cricket bat / pole and hockey stick to hand in their front garden as well).

I take your point, Julie, but your forgetting the concept of "direct pursuit". The actions WERE taken in direct pursuit and in "the heat of the moment". Letting an offender just flee would be tantamount to saying "you got away THIS time, but please, do try again." Remember, this joker entered the house KNOWING the residents were present.

While some punishment of the two might be merited for "overkill", under the circumstances, putting the defenders in prison and letting the goblin go free is NOT justice.

Just a couple more points - you said

"Letting the goblin go free is NOT justice" and I agree, but I don't think he went "free" - he wasn't incarerated BUT he was given a non-custodial sentance ... apparently as his injuries (from the "summary justice") "meant he was unable to enter a plea to false imprisonment."

ALSO he did not enter a house KNOWING the residents were present, the article stated "Mr Hussain's nightmare began on September 3 last year when he, his wife, 18-year-old daughter and two sons aged 18 and 15 returned from their mosque during Ramadan to find three intruders in their home in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire."

Now I am NOT DEFENDING the goblin - personally I would have like to have read that he was beaten to death with the coffee table when he attack the returning family.

I'm really not sure that "direct persuit" is an acceptable defence outside of the US (if it is there). It certainly not here in Australia - if the threat is over you don't have the right (under law) to persue the criminal.

Sure it makes a good headline to say "Victims jailed, Criminal Goes Free" BUT when you actually look at the story I'm not so sure.

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