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Originally Posted by Sirius
The homeowner should be released from custody as i feel he has done nothing wrong.
**** bag burglars should not be in peoples houses it is that simple and i don't see any problem giving them a good kicking if they are. If they attack the owner with a knife then they should expect the same back and if they end up dead thats there problem.
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That's a very black and white way of looking at the situation.
The problem is that when the Police go in, the only thing they know is that there are two people in the house, one alive one dead.
There could be any number of reasons the dead person was there, but the one who is alive could just claim he was burgling. The Police should not accept that claim at face value. The "burglar" may not have been a burglar and could have been there legitimately.
It is right that the Police arrested the man while they investigated what actually happened. It is also right that if it goes to court then the jury will probably slightly favour the houseowner when delivering a verdict (after all, a good percentage of them will be houseowners, and all of them will be able to imagine the pain of having their house invaded).