Not according to the Jury, or the Appeal Court Judges. Nor, co-incidentally, in my own opinion. I lived in the same town, so followed the story and knew something of him and his history. The burglars were total scumbags, but that didn't excuse what he did. They were running away. The sight of the weapon was enough. There was no need to fire it, let alone at them. There was no self-defence justification for what he did.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

Tony Martin did nothing wrong.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Indeed, the man had had his property bulgarised for years.

Not one innocent person was harmed. The state took out its failings on him.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

I never knew he was dressing up as Judge Judy.

You are privy to much unknown information.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

I expect many more are opening their eyes to mass immigration into the millions over and over again which eventually spreads everywhere and becomes the majority, many of which are Muslim. The majority never agreed to this but were okay with a control on numbers. Eventually it isn’t so far right wing when more and more see the issue (on a daily basis).

Edited by Rudi Hedman (12 Apr 2022 8.04am)

COYP

Calm down Maple, you can't be the sheriff of London!

You can ridicule all you want, but I spoke to Mile Jedinak this morning and he agrees as he's got one thing you haven't got...

Can't believe we're still arguing over such things when there's war afoot in Europe anyways.

Now let's all go down to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint and wait for all this Ukraine nonsense to blow over... wait wrong one

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!