How in anyones mind does chasing someone down the road, tripping them up, then smacking them in the head with a cricket bat even come close to "self defence" 
The guy lost it and went OTT. I excuse him losing it due to what he had just gone through, but he acted as judge, jury, and very nearly, executioner.
Simply not allowed. Vigilante behaviour NOT self defence.
His actions were wholly disproportionate .. ie unreasonable
And that is what he was done for. Simple really.
I'm sorry Entwood but if you really believe what you've written then I'm sad to say there's no hope for this world and the criminal element and snivelling gutless PC brigade will have all us law abiding people looking over our shoulders waiting to be the next crime statistic's page filler!!!
That is the whole point .. he did NOT abide by the law .. he took it into his own hands when he wacked the guy with a cricket bat 100 yards down the road. If he had obeyed the law and stopped the guy with "reasonable force" he would not be in prison.
Quite frankly with what he and his family had been put through i don't as should have the jury think reasonable force comes into it and he was doing society a huge favour deleting this piece of worthless shite from it!!!
I know that the law is the law but when in Gods name are these antiquated laws and the subsequent punishments for breaking them going to be brought into the 21st century
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Rant over
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BTW Entwood i have to agree with what you say because unfortunately that's how the laws such as they are stand today but hopefully for all our sakes, [size=14]not for much longer[/size]
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Merry Christmas,
Pete
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