I watched a documentary on the Tony Martin case recently, funnily enough.
He was carrying an illegal firearm and was sat on his stairs waiting for the guys to come into the house. He then shot them twice in the hallway and then in the back as they were fleeing the scene.
I agree that people should have a right to defend themselves but IMO Tony Martin was very lucky to have got off the murder charge.
He was a mentally deranged dangerous old nutter with an illegal shotgun, not some cuddly grandad turned folk hero.
I also don't have much sympathy for the burglars either. Everyone involved in that incident was a complete fuckwit, that's my view on it.