[user104658]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Yeah pretty much. If you're breaking into someones house, a parent with kids upstairs etc don't know what your intentions are, you may just be thinking I'll steal their TV and make my way out or they could be some psycho who's planning on murdering you all in your beds, so what do you do? If my kids are upstairs I'd be making sure that person doesn't get back up again

True, the only reason I have a bit of an issue with the Tony Martin case is that it was proven that he shot people who were fleeing... which just doesn't sit well with me at all. It's an execution out of anger, not self-defense.

But if I heard something in the night and went out to find some bloke walking up the stairs, I'd sure as **** be kicking him right back down them and there's a pretty solid wall at the bottom .