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My Dad is ex-forces and always said that the policy in danger is 'shoot to maim' rather than take life (where possible). I think people have a right to protect their property and their own. Whether in this case it was possible to avoid fatality is anyone's guess.

The assertion that people are charged for protecting their property is often overplayed. Very few cases are prosecuted these days. A lot of burglers have tried it on but failed. There was a case not so long ago where an intruder was chased and battered to a pulp suffering brain damage. The...