Brit court sentences man to jail for fighting off burglars, lets intruder walk free
December 15th, 2009 - 2:12 pm ICT by ANILondon, Dec. 14 (ANI): In an amazing travesty of justice, a British court has jailed a businessman who fought off knife-wielding thugs to save his family with a cricket bat, while letting one of the intruders go scot-free.
The judge praised Munir Hussain, the chairman of the Asian Business Council, for his “courage” in defending his wife and three children from an attack, but then jailed him for 30 months for the violence of his response, The Times reports.
The case has prompted a renewed debate over the level of force that house holders can use against the raiders.
The incident occurred when the Hussains family returned from their mosque during Ramadan to find three intruders wearing balaclavas in their home.
Hussain was threatened that he would be killed. His family’s hands were tied behind their backs and they were forced to crawl from room to room. Hussain, 53, made an escape after throwing a coffee table and enlisted his brother Tokeer, 35, in chasing the offenders down the street in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, bringing one of them to the ground. (ANI)
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