In Great Britain, burglars and other home invaders are granted what amounts to a special protected status by law. When a home is broken into, the occupant takes a chance in fighting back against those there to rob the occupants or burglarize the house. The occupants often face criminal charges for defending themselves and their families, even when the criminal is armed with a gun in “gun free” England.
Forty nine year old Briton Samuel Quamina is on trial right now in the Old Bailey for murder and causing grievous bodily harm for having killed a robber who entered his home in Peckham, England while the intruder was armed with a handgun. Several men broke into his house last September and threatened the Quamina with the handgun and wanted what he had.
The English citizenry joke that burglars there will break into your home and steal your TV while you are watching it. But, it was no joke when the men lunged at him and tried to steal the gold rings and chains he was wearing. The homeowner knocked some speakers off the wall, hit the men with them, and that disarmed them.
He went to his kitchen and got two kitchen knives to defend himself.
He killed one of the home invaders with a knife. The mortally wounded man ran from the
home, but didn’t get far. Quamina told police that he feared for his life.
English Prosecutors are saying at the trial that Mr. Quamina attacked an unarmed man and killed him in cold blood. They say that the killing of the would be robber was done to get revenge against him for breaking into his home. They are telling the jury that it wasn’t reasonable for the man to have killed the robber while the robber was unarmed by lashing out and stabbing him.
Many times a burglar in the USA quickly finds out that the home’s occupants here think it’s not reasonable to break into a private home, and pay the price at the hands of a scared homeowner.
Another man who broke into the home at the same time was also stabbed. He was charged with attempted robbery after receiving medical treatment.
The trial is still underway there.
UPDATE
Samuel Quamina has been acquitted of the charges today. Maybe the prosecutors there will start getting the message.
UPDATE
Samuel Quamina has been acquitted of the charges today. Maybe the prosecutors there will start getting the message.
And, in Cincinnati yesterday:
Kevin Boyle confronted a burglar in his home in the middle of the night. Kevin had a .45 close by. Boyle crouched down while holding the gun and saw the man standing in front of him. Kevin ordered him not to move, at which time the other man pulled out what he believed to be a gun. Boyle fired twice at the threat as he ran to a safer position.
He called 911 and told them the man ran into the woods. Police arrived in minutes when seconds count, and their K-9 tracked the burglar to the end of the driveway. They believe the man hopped into a car there.
Kevin Boyle is heading to Marine boot camp in two months. He believes that his secluded home looked especially tempting to the home invader.
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