To those saying the police have to investigate - of course - but why do you have to arrest the victim to do so (and yes, I consider him the victim here - he's the one who went to bed doing nothing wrong and now has years of trauma ahead of him)? Take him down the station, ask him questions to...
My best mate's dad (also a pensioner) nearly died a few years ago confronting burglars who attacked him with a machete. Not really been the same since.
Assuming there's nothing very odd we've not been told, it annoys me he's even been arrested. He's happily going about his life and through no...