WHO MADE THE NEWS again

[Bob]

Laws regarding situations like that were changed a few years ago in SA and I thought it was a national change but maybe only SA.
If someone breaks into my house I am legally within my rights to use reasonable force to protect my property.

Reasonable Force is the Criteria and I dont think running over the Thief or assaulting him would be classed as REASONABLE

[jack]

If I was the car owner and charged, I'd elect to go for a trial by jury and plead not guilty. If I was on the jury he'd walk free.

[Punderhead]

It will be a sad day for common sense if the owner gets charged, and/or the thief let off. Yet I feel that's exactly what's going to happen. We need to rethink our legal system!!

[mudski]

Reasonable Force is the Criteria and I dont think running over the Thief or assaulting him would be classed as REASONABLE

I would just say I had to use reasonable force to make a citizens arrest. Not my fault the perp has weak bones...

[mudnut]

Unless the thief, at the time he was ran over, was threatening the owner with a weapon, then the force used would be way above what was required.

But after saying that, Being in a stressed out, and in a very angry state, watching some oxygen thief take my property, I have no idea how violent I would get.

[threedogs]

Agree like I said no one here is going to let them take your truck and gear and just wave goodbye to the lot
You will do what you have to do to try and stop them, your not thinking about what will happen,
thats the last thing that would be on my mind, They were his tools to make a living, doesn't matter insurance will cover it.
What matters is ATT you can stop this low life and keep my gear, one less clown out loose

[TimE]

Unless the thief, at the time he was ran over, was threatening the owner with a weapon, then the force used would be way above what was required.

But after saying that, Being in a stressed out, and in a very angry state, watching some oxygen thief take my property, I have no idea how violent I would get.

"He pointed something at me Your Honour, I thought it was a gun, I defended myself. After I ran him over I went to his aid, he then said he was going to stab me, I defended myself again. I used what force I considered necessary at the time to disable the threat."

Image if this was America, after the smoke from the gun battle cleared, a million lawyers descended on the scene !

[MEGOMONSTER]

We (meaning me) found a G......k (oo) breaking into cars that were street parked, we bashed the crap out of him, rang the coppers and they said that we did more than they ever could.
Coppers turned up 3 hrs later and asked if he was still hanging around. Of course he was gone.

[Hodge]

I fkn love stories like this. Crim gets shafted. There is nothing better. Lol

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[threedogs]

He just picked the wrong Patrol driver to Stuff with and suffered for it badly
Patrol driver 1,, thief 0