Andy Dingley wrote:
On 25 Jan, 20:09, "dennis@home" wrote:

For instance he could have fitted some lights rather than deliberately
turning all the lights off so the passing crims would attempt a break in.

Maybe he should have got a few large dogs as well? Oh, he had.

They weren't "passing crims", they already knew the house and one of
them had burgled it before. Tony Martin was known as the local
paranoid reclusive farmer who had a history of being free with the use
of a shotgun, and rarely left the house. They _still_ broke in.

If all passing thieves just quietly disappeared, and no one was any the
wiser and didn't go asking, there would be a lot less crime.