Another Burglar Shooting

[MrPhantom]

I've just read this in the Mail:

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4599700/Police-arrest-accomplice-burglar-shot-dead.html

 

No real detail in the article, although the caravan owner and sister have been implicated. Will be interesting how the law deals with this one - very similar to the Tony Martin case some years back. If it was the caravan owner, I assume the gun was held illegally??

[Guest cookoff013]

I doubt it would test the judiciary system.

[Benthejockey]

The 'victim' a former heroin addict who had served lengthy prison time for armed robbery and the apparent shooter was one of a pair of vulnerable people. I'd put money on the dead bloke and his mate that's been arrested being the ones to bring the gun to the party.

[Scully]

Sounds like a result; very unlikely to reoffend.

[Bigbob]

A junkie burglary a big lose to society saved the price of jail for him

[kingo15]

I thought it was murder if you went out with the intent to kill Someone. I know it says suspicion of murder but still.

[ordnance]

I thought it was murder if you went out with the intent to kill Someone. I know it says suspicion of murder but still.

Its not that simple, if you shoot someone then you are intending to cause serious harm or injury.

 

 

 

 

Because murder is generally defined in law as an intent to cause serious harm or injury (alone or with others), combined with a death arising from that intention, there are certain circumstances where a death will be treated as murder even if the defendant did not wish to kill the actual victim.

Edited June 15, 2017 by ordnance

[rich1984]

Sounds like a result; very unlikely to reoffend.

 

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