A millionaire businessman is facing jail for attacking a career criminal who had held his family hostage at knifepoint. Munir Hussain, 52, was told he would be killed when three raiders invaded his home. He and his wife, their teenage daughter and two sons were ordered to lie on the floor of the living room with their hands behind their backs. But the Hussains' teenage son managed to escape through a window and when the men realised that, two of them fled. Hussain then threw a coffee table at the third man, 56-year-old Walid Salem, hitting him in the face. His older son Awais, 20, joined the fight and although Salem tried to escape he was bundled into a nearby garden. Neighbours in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, then saw several men beating him with weapons including a cricket bat and a metal pole. He was left with injuries including a fractured skull and bruising on the brain. Hussain denied attacking Salem, claiming it was a group of local youths. But a jury at Reading Crown Court found him guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent. The maximum sentence for GBH with intent is life. A family member said last night: 'This is one more shocking blow for a man who thought he had suffered enough last September. We are absolutely devastated, it's hard to believe in justice any more.' In a further twist, legal sources said Mr Salem would be eligible for criminal injury compensation - with a fractured skull worth around £6,000 - even though he recovered to commit further crimes. The court heard that Salem, from Borehamwood, had a long criminal record, with over 50 convictions. Defence barrister Michael Wolkind, QC, said: 'The robber ruined his life, traumatised his wife, threatened his children with a knife. Who is the real victim?' He said if Hussain was convicted 'Walid Salem wins again'. Mr Wolkind added: 'We are really sorry that the thief, cheat, robber, possessor of stolen credit cards, carrier of a knife, the person who threatened to kill Munir and his family, the disgusting career criminal who invaded the home of a good family, got hurt. We mean that most sincerely.' The Government has promised that people who fight back against burglars will find the law is on their side, so long as they do not use excessive or disproportionate violence. Source __________________ quite a peculiar legal system there
Yeah thats how it is over here back in the day we were not allowed to do anything, if a robber comes in your house you call the police and sit about or run out your house or w/e, if the robber gets hurt then you was in trouble. Now its changed where you can 'Deal' with them if they enter your house, i have never experienced a burglary but i have a few.. 'tools' in my room if it was needed, i actually need to go buy a baseball bat cus my swords will get me into trouble if it came to me using them. You can give them a can of pain BUT you cant do anything if they are running away, this guy is in trouble cus the robber got beat outdoors, he was chased out, your not supposed to do anything but if you restrain them then you had better be careful not to be excessive. because of that he is also getting done over for what happened indoors which sux. Its messed up, if you kill the guy over here you will end up in prison no doubt about it, so that wont work in the UK. Bottom line: Indoors= your world (lay the smack down) Outdoor = cant do anything except restrain without excessive force. gota also take into consideration if it was an middle-upper class white family they may have gotten away with it.
