A wealthy family man was arrested on suspicion of murder yesterday after allegedly stabbing a burglar to death with his own knife.Please bookmark!
Businessman Vincent Cooke, 39, was relaxing when he heard a knock at the front door of his detached home.
When he answered he was confronted by two men, at least one armed with a knife, who threatened him and tried to force their way into the £350,000 house in the Cheshire stockbroker belt.
With his wife and young son due home any minute, Mr Cooke fought desperately to keep the men out. In the struggle burglar Raymond Jacob, 37, was stabbed with his own knife and fell to the ground fatally injured. The second intruder fled.
Minutes later Mr Cooke’s wife, Karen, 35, and 12-year-old son Anthony arrived and watched in horror as the raider lay dying.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
UK Man Defends House from Burglars, Gets Arrested by Police
No justice, apparently:
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Well, even in Texas which is very lenient on using deadly force to protect your home, you will get arrested for killing someone. If the police thinks it is justified, you will probably released with a very low bond until the DA decides whether or not to press charges. Most likely, in Texas, these charges would be dropped, but the police need to verify it is justified, otherwise people would be killing other people in their homes all the time and claiming it was a home invasion.
ReplyDeleteThe question in this case is: Was the home-owner released on bond or is he still in jail? And does his police district plan on pressing charges.