How far should individuals be able to go when defending their property?
GINA SANDERS/FOTOLIA
This article links to AQA Law 03 and OCR A2 G153: Criminal Law.
On 3 September 2008 Munir Hussain and his family returned home from worshipping at their local mosque to find three intruders in their house. The family were tied up, assaulted and threatened with extreme violence. Mr Hussain managed to escape. He then enlisted the help of his brother, Tokeer, to pursue the intruders down the street. After catching up with one of the intruders, Walid Salem, the two men beat him with a cricket bat so badly that he was left with severe brain damage, and one impact caused the cricket bat itself to break into three pieces.
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