Posted on 12/27/2007 10:33:11 AM PST by squireofgothos
The invaders smashed through a security gate and broke windows in order to get inside, police reports said.
During their investigation, Rugby police provided her with a crime-fighting booklet that discusses home security.
But she told the Advertiser when she asked about putting in a new security fence and upgrading its capabilities, she was told the laws on liability meant she risked a police investigation herself if any trespassers hurt themselves climbing it.
She had wanted to add barbed wire to the fence in order to reduce the ease with which the robbers apparently gained access to her home.
But the Warwickshire Police "Operation Impact" booklet, which gives victims information on crime-fighting, suggested she could risk a prosecution herself if someone would be hurt.
"I respect that if the postman or the gas man calls, they don't expect to hurt himself. But I was speechless you couldn't make it up. I think these laws show we have gone soft in the head," she told the newspaper.
An investigation is continuing.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
“My god what has happened to Churchill’s England?”
Well, apparently “historians” are trying to geld the UK/Commonwealth
by excising one true example of real power and resolve.
Churchill dropped from England’s history syllabus
(”pandering to a P.C. agenda”)
ABC News (Australia), The Sun (U.K.) ^ | July 13, 2007
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1865231/posts
And a compassionate "BANG" to show a wanton willingness for them to stay and pleasure all with their presence?
Dead or alive?
Will the last Brit with a stiff upper lip please turn the lights out when they leave.
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