Self Defence -Home Invasion

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Originally Posted by SYZ

Considering what I've seen of this incident, and having to rely on the usual poophouse standards of our journalist, I get the impression that there's a lot more to this story than is first apparent.

First, it seems that the offender was Aboriginal—is the homeowner also Aboriginal? If so, were they known to each other? Does the homeowner also have a criminal record? Maybe this started out as some sort of payback.

Why chase the bloke out into the street and punch his lights out? Surely getting him out of the house, and away from your family would've been an adequate response. Wouldn't you presumably run back inside and immediately call the police?

And who exactly is the mysterious "friend" that helped the homeowner beat up the alleged burglar?

As I see it, I'd have to know a lot more of the actual details before I formed any sort of opinion about the rights and/or wrongs in this scenario. I don't think however that two blokes beating up another bloke is gonna stand up in court as "self defense" whatever happens.

As much as I think if somebody breaks into someone home, they deserve all they get, but this quoted post from SYZ is 100% spot on.

Just imagine if the guy was there for some other reason, maybe doing a drug deal or something and it went wrong and the guy was bashed to death and the home owner decided to make up a story about being broken into and then throw the bit in about his daughter as he knows we will all side with him.

Why did the home owner do a runner if he was genuine in his reason?