Victory for father who stabbed axe thug to protect family
Kenneth Blight, 51, walked free from the Appeal Court after the country’s most senior judge threw out an application from the Attorney General to increase his original sentence.
Baroness Scotland QC pursued the father-of-three after he was given a two-year suspended jail term for stabbing drug-crazed teenager Andrew Nelson in a bid to protect his partner and children in their home.
She argued the original sentence was ‘unduly lenient’.
But in a stinging judgment that could signal greater rights for homeowners to protect themselves from intruders, her application was dismissed by the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge.
The real question is why was Mr. Blight convicted of any crime in the first place, since he manifestly did not commit a crime.
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Because the ‘Nanny Staters’ that have come into power in the UK have made it illegal to defend yourself from a crime (even if you are in imminent threat of your life). To them and the laws they’ve had passed, it is up to the State to defend you.
Reality has little to no meaning to these folks.
And, you’ll note that he still remains a convicted criminal in the eyes of the Law since all the Lord Chief Justice did was 1) refuse the Attorney General’s application and 2) reduced the two (2) year suspended sentence to one (1) year.
>Baroness Scotland QC pursued the father-of-three…
Of course this is the Baroness Scotland QC who is such a paragon of the law-abiding…
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/6217586/Attorney-General-Baroness-Scotland-fined-5000-over-illegal-immigrant-housekeeper.html
Oh, and this…
http://www.redragonline.com/2009/09/baroness-scotland-has-no-defence-to.html