I Can Hit a Burglar- Please?

BBC News

People should be entitled to use any force necessary to defend themselves against burglars, England's most senior police officer has said.
Met commissioner Sir John Stevens said householders should be presumed to have acted legally, even if a burglar dies, unless there is contrary evidence.
Laws which often seemed to favour criminals should be clarified, he said.
People should be prosecuted only when there was evidence of gratuitous violence

Well thats good news, now we can defend ourselves and hit burglars - I thought it was rather a dampner that we can't kill burglars if they are unconscious. Perhaps we can wake them up first?

Shout loudly "Now I am going to kill you!"

No doubt The Burglar's Union will complain. Say its unfair working practice, and demand compensation.

Damn! These Home Office pontifications always leave you wanting more.