Theft victim charged with murder after ramming thief off his motorcycle

[darrsi]

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I suspect he will be found guilty of manslaughter as he did not set out to kill.
Tony Martin is an example of why the law of this land gets it wrong sometimes though.

Shooting someone who is facing you *could* be argued as self defence.

Shooting someone in the back from a distance who is running away from you and trying to get through a window (and then lying about it) is murder.

In any case, that's off topic for this discussion.
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You seem to have decided in your own mind what you want people to say or not say?
That's not a discussion is it?


Thieves, burglars, murderers, rapists, etc, are all the lowest of the low in my mind that can deeply hurt or even wreck peoples lives, so if it goes badly wrong for them or they get their comeuppance every so often, then.........tough titties.  mokin


As for the driver, as much as i hate to say it, he was in the wrong as he went out of his way for vengeance, but heat of the moment anger can do that to a person. Not sure about a clean cut murder charge, because as you say it wasn't premeditated at all, just an over reactive response that ended badly. Death as a result of dangerous driving maybe, along with the GBH charge which will probably stick.
They will have to take into account that none of this would've happened if the two thieving scrotebags had not nicked his bike in the first place, so they are still a victim of their own actions. All depends on how good his defence liar is.
The poor sod has to live with smashing his own bike up too.  :\