tony sayer wrote:

In article , BillR
writes
NickW wrote:
Excellent thread :-)

At least you didn't do what that scottish guy did off the telly last
night - rig up a sawn off shotgun booby trap...

Nick.

Next door had some scroat trying to nick mountain bike from shed.
There was one bark from large but otherwise useless dog, and the scroat ran
through hedge which is a thick blackthorn with wicked spikes that can pierce
wellingtons.
He must have been cut to ribbons. :-)
The hedge is entirely legal according to police.



Well that makes a change then!...

A small step in the right direction giving some rights back to law
abiding people..

I bet it wouldn't stop one of those Personal Injury firms that are
always advertising on TV having a go for damages though :-(

IANAL, but AIUI the Police are only concerned with *criminal* law; civil
liability is another thing. Cases like OJ Simpson in the US can, and
have, happened here as well.