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20-02-2012, 12:10 PM | #1 | |||
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Here's an interesting story that was in the Irish news recently. A man who woke to find a burglar in his bedroom, chased him in his car and knocked him down. He's been acquitted of any crime but the burglar received €175k from the man insurance company. Thoughts?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17061719
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20-02-2012, 12:13 PM | #2 | |||
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Hmm, its a toughie, i dont condone vigilante behaviour...but then again i dont think the guy deserved the payout due to the circs.
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20-02-2012, 12:14 PM | #3 | |||
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Why is the burglar getting money at all..you decide to steal, then whatever happens to you is tough luck
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20-02-2012, 12:15 PM | #4 | |||
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Yeah, It's not technically reasonable force but you could surely plead temporary insanity after finding some strange man in your bedroom, with your 3 children in the house as well.
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20-02-2012, 12:17 PM | #5 | |||
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Yeah, it's sickening and apparently this guy lives quite near the man he burgled too, imagine him driving past him in his new BMW or something
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20-02-2012, 12:18 PM | #6 | |||
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He's now probably richer than the person which it happened too...
Rewarded for breaking the law basically |
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20-02-2012, 12:20 PM | #7 | |||
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It's ****ty really, some of our laws need serious changing. I can't believe that it's only recently been changed that a person trespassing on your property can't claim off you if they're injured while doing it
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20-02-2012, 12:39 PM | #8 | |||
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The laws here have changed, i think it was because he used a car to do it haha
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13957587 |
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20-02-2012, 12:42 PM | #9 | |||
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20-02-2012, 12:44 PM | #10 | |||
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If someone was in your room in the middle of the night I think it's only natural for the first thought in your head to be ''wheres the nearest blunt object I can kill this guy with''
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20-02-2012, 12:59 PM | #11 | |||
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On your property you have a case, outside of it you dont.
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20-02-2012, 01:01 PM | #12 | |||
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Should be on a case by case basis though, I mean the burglar had ran out of his house with alot of his wifes expensive jewellery, he should be allowed use force to get his property back imo
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20-02-2012, 02:38 PM | #13 | |||
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"insurance company"
Working within Laws but this is wrong and stinks |
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20-02-2012, 03:26 PM | #14 | |||
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And they say that crime doesn't pay.
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