pink poodle
気が狂っている男
This is all pretty basic, a trial must take place. This will ensure that due process has been undertaken, and a decision made free of bias. The police/prosection and defense must present the "facts" and an unbiased decision made by an independent authority. I'd want the same if I was the family of the deceased, as would most people.So, probably starting a bit of a hot thread but this is something that really impacted me:
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/emotional...iller-benjamin-batterham-20160327-gns2z6.html
Long story short; career criminal breaks into some blokes house while he and his family are in it. The owner of the found discovers this and an confrontation ensues. In this confrontation the bloke who broke in is put in a choke hold and ends up with a broken neck.
Now the home owner is up for murder.
This is actually probably one of my nightmare situations; finding an intruder in the house while my wife is there.
Many moons ago, I was a trained martial arts instructor and the essence of self defence was to inflict the appropriate amount of force onto your attacker until they are no longer a threat. For some that is verbal intimidation, for others it's maybe a joint lock/restraint and for some who are really going, it's chokes until they wee themselves.
My concern now, is that if I have to go down the most extreme course of action for someone who is either high or just really aggressive, and it goes wrong I would end up being charged for murder.
The reason this is a worry, is that if I don't go down the other path of inflicting less damage, the result could be me being in the right, but dead. I don't think I would get much comfort that I acted "the right way" when I am 6 foot under and the intruder gets charged with manslaughter/murder. Neither would my family.
So hypothetical; I'm at home with my wife, I hear something, I investigate and find an aggressive intruder in my house. Now what?
As for was this self defense or not, the story is pretty grey. But I did find this interesting (but accurate? Who can tell with lawyers?) information:
http://www.findlaw.com.au/articles/5022/self-defence-law-in-australia.aspx
Like most people I would he wanting to protect myself and family in such a situation. Hopefully I'm never required to.
Interesting part of town.I'm local, as is poodle, but social media has claimed so far that the choke hold occurred 300m from the house (that's a long chase), second that charged householder has some drug reputation.
Support for the above is that police have charged him very rapidly, also that no application for bail was made today and its adjourned for quite a few weeks. I can tell you, if it were me, a lawyer would be damn well making a case for bail for me rather than remanded in custody.
Either way a scumbag is dead, and his large extended family seem to be all victims now.....