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UK: Burglar takes his victim to court
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Burglar takes his victim to court
By David Sapsted
(Filed: 17/08/2002)
A burglar is suing a householder who chased him, caught him and held him by the scruff of the neck until police came.
Anthony McCoy, 31, a repeat offender who was sentenced to two years in prison last month for burgling the ?300,000 home on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, claims that he was assaulted by Len Johnson, 37, who caught him after a half-mile chase.
Mr Johnson vowed yesterday that, even if McCoy's prosecution was successful, he would go to prison himself rather than pay a penny in compensation.
The case, the subject of an initial hearing in Sittingbourne next Tuesday, arose out of an incident last November when Mr Johnson and his wife Jackie, 35, drove home after dropping off their 11-year-old son at his judo class.
As they entered the drive of their three-bedroom, detached home, they saw McCoy staring at them from a bedroom window.
"As we got out of the car, two men ran out of the back door, so I chased after them," said Mr Johnson, a self-employed carpenter.
"I ran behind them for about half a mile, over the top of the cliffs, and caught one of them. He couldn't run any more and he just collapsed into a ball because he thought I was going to hit him.
"But all I did was drag him by the coat and march him back to the road. He said to the police I had assaulted him.
"He created such a fuss a doctor examined him when he was taken into custody and all he found was a red mark on his neck. It's outrageous that this has ended up in court.
"All I was doing was protecting my family and our home. I did everything by the book."
6 July 2002: Burglar wins legal aid to sue Tony Martin
1 August 2001: Police should pay man injured in escape, says judge
29 June 2001: Hurt criminals may get damages
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"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
By David Sapsted
(Filed: 17/08/2002)
A burglar is suing a householder who chased him, caught him and held him by the scruff of the neck until police came.
Anthony McCoy, 31, a repeat offender who was sentenced to two years in prison last month for burgling the ?300,000 home on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, claims that he was assaulted by Len Johnson, 37, who caught him after a half-mile chase.
Mr Johnson vowed yesterday that, even if McCoy's prosecution was successful, he would go to prison himself rather than pay a penny in compensation.
The case, the subject of an initial hearing in Sittingbourne next Tuesday, arose out of an incident last November when Mr Johnson and his wife Jackie, 35, drove home after dropping off their 11-year-old son at his judo class.
As they entered the drive of their three-bedroom, detached home, they saw McCoy staring at them from a bedroom window.
"As we got out of the car, two men ran out of the back door, so I chased after them," said Mr Johnson, a self-employed carpenter.
"I ran behind them for about half a mile, over the top of the cliffs, and caught one of them. He couldn't run any more and he just collapsed into a ball because he thought I was going to hit him.
"But all I did was drag him by the coat and march him back to the road. He said to the police I had assaulted him.
"He created such a fuss a doctor examined him when he was taken into custody and all he found was a red mark on his neck. It's outrageous that this has ended up in court.
"All I was doing was protecting my family and our home. I did everything by the book."
6 July 2002: Burglar wins legal aid to sue Tony Martin
1 August 2001: Police should pay man injured in escape, says judge
29 June 2001: Hurt criminals may get damages
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/08/17/nburg17.xml&sSheet=/news
c Copyright of Telegraph Group Limited 2002. Terms & Conditions of reading.
Commercial information. Privacy Policy.
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Comments
Burglars can sue if the dog bites them...
If they get hurt in any way entering your home illegally... they can sue...
And thats fair?????
Lil' Stinker's Opinion