On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:15:46 +0000, Grimly Curmudgeon
wrote:

So in 2013 with the supposedly new attitude by the authorities to burglars,
what is the best course of action on hearing someone breaking in to your
house downstairs ?

Me?
Grab the fire-axe by the door and go down swinging.
**** the law, **** the thieves, they're not having any of my kit.

Then, after looking at the decapitated head, you realise it is your
son who was sneaking back into the house in the small hours ...

--
Cynic