Family taken hostage, vigilante jailed for 30 months
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A millionaire businessman who fought off knife-wielding thugs who threatened to kill his family was jailed for 30 months today - while his attackers remain free to walk the streets.
Munir Hussain, his wife and their three children stumbled on three intruders, wearing balaclavas, in their home when they returned from their mosque during Ramadan.
The family were ordered to lie on the floor of the living room with their hands behind their backs.
As four of them were tied up, Mr Hussain's teenage son escaped through a window.
Two of the raiders fled when they realised the youngster had gone.
Mr Hussain then threw a coffee table at the third man, 56-year-old Walid Salem, hitting him in the face.
He then enlisted his brother Tokeer in chasing the offenders down, bringing one of them to the ground in a nearby garden in the street in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.
What followed was described in Reading Crown Court as self-defence that went too far, leaving intruder Salem with a permanent brain injury after he was struck with a cricket bat so hard that it broke into three pieces.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1235782/Fa...
A millionaire businessman who fought off knife-wielding thugs who threatened to kill his family was jailed for 30 months today - while his attackers remain free to walk the streets.
Munir Hussain, his wife and their three children stumbled on three intruders, wearing balaclavas, in their home when they returned from their mosque during Ramadan.
The family were ordered to lie on the floor of the living room with their hands behind their backs.
As four of them were tied up, Mr Hussain's teenage son escaped through a window.
Two of the raiders fled when they realised the youngster had gone.
Mr Hussain then threw a coffee table at the third man, 56-year-old Walid Salem, hitting him in the face.
He then enlisted his brother Tokeer in chasing the offenders down, bringing one of them to the ground in a nearby garden in the street in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.
What followed was described in Reading Crown Court as self-defence that went too far, leaving intruder Salem with a permanent brain injury after he was struck with a cricket bat so hard that it broke into three pieces.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1235782/Fa...
Edited by Rusty Arches on Monday 14th December 15:52
Tiggsy said:
Pretty straightforward case....bloke deserved to be sent down and it would be the same anywhere. In fact, i saw a film last week called Fellon about a US bloke that chases a burglar from his house and caves his head in with a bat on his lawn....gets sent down, as you'd expect.
Indeed. But let's not let the truth get in the way of a good rant, eh?Hedders said:
It is way too easy to go from being a victim to being the accused these days 
Not really, the transition in this case required the enlistment of three others, the capture of the original attacker and then the crushing of his skull with a cricket bat. Not as simple a slide from one to other as you suggest.Tiggsy said:
Hedders said:
It is way too easy to go from being a victim to being the accused these days
Not really, the transition in this case required the enlistment of three others, the capture of the original attacker and then the crushing of his skull with a cricket bat. Not as simple a slide from one to other as you suggest.Edited by Hedders on Monday 14th December 16:25
The british legal system is a f
king joke.
In the states im sure that its well within the law to shoot and kill burglers- could be wrong, However,
The judge quoted " this is a clear message for people to not take the law into there own hands"
So you let the offender off with a fking supervision order you .
If it wasn't for the fking worthless ing legal system, people wouldn't need to take the law into there own fking hands and the perpertraitors would think twice before commiting fking offences you dumb fk.
s s s.
king joke.In the states im sure that its well within the law to shoot and kill burglers- could be wrong, However,
The judge quoted " this is a clear message for people to not take the law into there own hands"
So you let the offender off with a f
king supervision order you .If it wasn't for the f
king worthless ing legal system, people wouldn't need to take the law into there own fking hands and the perpertraitors would think twice before commiting fking offences you dumb fk.s s s.ineedagallardo said:
In the states im sure that its well within the law to shoot and kill burglers- could be wrong,
On your property and bearing in mind "reasonable force", yes. After chasing them down the high street with your friends, no.ineedagallardo said:
So you let the offender off with a fking supervision order you .
"But his injuries meant he was not fit to plead after being charged with false imprisonment".king supervision order you .So if they'd held him, rather than beating him up, he'd be starting a lengthy sentence...
This is a tough one.
Can see exactly why the homeowner acted in this way but having the hostage taker held down and smacking him in the head several times with a cricket bat until the bat broke does seem a bit extreme - maybe breaking his legs would have been a better option
But 30 months in prison? Community service would have been more apt imo.
Can see exactly why the homeowner acted in this way but having the hostage taker held down and smacking him in the head several times with a cricket bat until the bat broke does seem a bit extreme - maybe breaking his legs would have been a better option
But 30 months in prison? Community service would have been more apt imo.
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