Arrested For Shooting an Intruder :(

Durban - A Durban resident is in custody after firing a warning shot which killed an intruder after it ricocheted off a kitchen wall in his Manor Gardens home on Sunday.

Dennis Webster, who says his rented home has been broken into 15 times by intruders because there is no alarm system, woke early to let his dog out. While he was in the bathroom he heard a noise in the kitchen.
“I finished what I had to do and went towards the kitchen. I noticed a guy running through the room towards the inside of the house.”
Webster had left a packet of money on his kitchen table the night before, but he was more concerned about his gun being stolen. He kept the gun in one of the cabinet drawers.
“I lunged across to open the drawer and got the firearm out, but as I was doing that this guy came at me with a knife.”
Webster said he was able to fire a warning shot which hit the kitchen wall.
“It didn’t occur to me that the shot had ricocheted because the guy just kept coming at me and fighting me.”
By this time, his wife, Jacqui, who was sleeping upstairs, had heard the commotion and had come downstairs.
“I managed to get the guy around the neck and I shouted to my wife to tie him up. It was then that I noticed he became very weak,” Webster said.
The bullet, said Webster, had lodged in the attacker’s right shoulder.
“We phoned the cops who were there in about 30 minutes, but they would not declare the guy dead until an ambulance arrived. We could see he was gone,” he said.
Three friends who were at the Mayville police station to lend the couple support, and who asked not to be named, said they were enraged at the actions of the police.
“Here is a guy who is protecting his home and his wife and the police lock him up. It just doesn’t seem right. It’s ridiculous.”
DA police spokeswoman Dianne Kohler Barnard, said the police had followed the correct procedure.
“If a person kills another person the police have to arrest them and then they appear in court when they can apply for bail.
“They did the right thing.”
Investigating officers at the Mayville police station – who said they were not allowed to speak to The Mercury – said a special court sitting would take place today and Webster could apply for bail.

He sits in jail while the 5 guys that beat to death the royal marine after the sharks game sit at home free. Even though their names are known to the cops?! But their lawyer has negotiated to only hand them over on Wednesday:
Crazy times we live in!

catch a crayfish of KZN coast (illegally)and get R20 000 fine per fish,
rape a 8 year old girl and R1 000 bail,

am i missing something :S

Mohanls what do you expect, we have a president that sets the standards... (td)

mohanls8788 Wrote:

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> catch a crayfish of KZN coast (illegally)and get
> R20 000 fine per fish,
> rape a 8 year old girl and R1 000 bail,
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> am i missing something :S

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Yup... a couple screws loose...

so are the days of our lives, now you know why we have minimul poaching instances yet, high counts of rapes / murderers robberies etc...
cheaper targets we are fellow humans are...

I would have it the other way round IMHO... 20K + castration + life in prison for rape and 1K per cray / shad...

funny world we live in...

Wouter Wrote:

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> mohanls8788 Wrote:
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> > catch a crayfish of KZN coast (illegally)and
> get
> > R20 000 fine per fish,
> > rape a 8 year old girl and R1 000 bail,
> >
> > am i missing something :S
>
> ----
>
> Yup... a couple screws loose...
>
> so are the days of our lives, now you know why we
> have minimul poaching instances yet, high counts
> of rapes / murderers robberies etc...
> cheaper targets we are fellow humans are...
>
> I would have it the other way round IMHO... 20K +
> castration + life in prison for rape and 1K per
> cray / shad...
>
> funny world we live in...


(tu)(tu)(tu)

Its standard police procedure, if you kill somebody in self defence you are arrested, given bail, appear in court to prove self defence

I lived in HONEYDEW for three years and had seven break in,s. Reporting the matter to thre police was of no use. The kind of questions that I was asked was shocking like were they black or white.On the seventh time before I sold my house I shot two of them and was asked why did I not kill them. Up until this very day no detective put his or her foot across my door to do and investigation.So this is how police operates.

Call the police when there is an intruder, turn around time maybe 30-45mins before arival..
U shoot the intruder arival TAT 2-5mins..

Banana republic...

gregbucks Wrote:

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> Banana republic...


best in the world,,just the crime eisshhhh!

We have been told the public must contribute to law enforcement and for sure I will enforce my right to defend myself.

When our police are up to the standard of England or America, then I will be happy to call 999 and let the police cope with an intruder. Until then, if I must live in the Wild West, then the rules of the Wild West apply.

As a woman living alone, if I hear someone in my home I will shoot first and worry later. And I will shoot to kill.