To Kill a Burglar: The Tony Martin Story (2006) 

That my friend should be in every burglar's mind. The owner hasn't gone out to hurt anybody whereas they have if needed.

MasKistershi he did right.

Absolutely well said! Break in to a man's home then you deserve all you get. If they hadn't of broken in to and been thieving in another man's home, then they wouldn't of been shot in the first place.

exactly

@Astuteous Maximus You're simply a self righteous apologist.

Ronnie G yea huh

TOO RIGHT! IT ONLY ALIENATED THE SO CALLED POLICE AND JUSTICE SYSTEM FROM THE PUBLIC !!! VERMIN SUCH AS THESE TWO SCUM BAGS SHOULD BE HUMANELY PUT DOWN !!!! THEY ARE OF NO USE TO ANYONE EXCEPT PROVIDE WORK FOR THE POLICE AND PRISON SERVICE .GREAT SHAME ONLY ONE DIED!

Paul Gray not really I'm actually a very proud strong American

Daisyandchlo don't you worry about my spelling now go and eat some crumpets 😂

@@elizabethsawatzky9561 boring cow

Tony Martin had a Hero fantasy. He wanted this to happen. He suggested to his neighbours he wanted someone to break in so he could shoot them. He shouldn't have had guns. He got a PUMP action shotgun (that had been outlawed for over 15 years) that he "found" . HE SHOT a 16 YEAR OLD BOY IN THE BACK. He wanted this to happen. He wanted to kill someone. He had his wish.

He opened fire at the boys when they were running away, that meant they were no longer an active threat to him which therefore means it was not reasonable force to shoot them in the back.

@@FishyMan06 They can come again they are active threat all the way through reasonable force is joke to protect criminals If someone breaks into your house he is threat to you and your family there is no time for reasonable force you need eliminate the threat any means necessary Why do we sympathize with criminals you broke someone else’s human?

I agree fully

@@ozzieone16 because if the government added “shooting a fleeing person in the back” to the list of uses of “reasonable” force we would have a huge problem on our hands lol

He should have been entitled to shoot them if he simply wanted to prevent the theft of his property

bullshit. owning his rifle illegally, he's no better than the three crooks.

MrSchmolko Tony is a saint compared to those 3 rats. Over 100 convictions between them? Good riddance

@@APB111 ignore them just on a wind up

What is wrong with you? The old man broke the law!!! He didn't have that paper he was supposed to have when the people broke in. Yes! .. he would be dead right now as we speak , had he not violated the law by defending himself with a gun that didn't have a paper, but at least he would be a law abiding dead person. Why is that so hard to understand?..... ( That was sarcasm for those people who are too stupid to get it)

my house was broken into 7 days before Christmas. All of our Christmas gifts were gone along with all of our electronics and they even stole all the food. Devastated. However the community found out and it turned out to be one of the best Christmases I have ever had. People gave so much that I was able to share with family neighbor family and friends. Thank God for Jesus

not even a question pinky. mans home is his castle. break into another mans home I hope you get what you deserve.

It is a combination of outrage, fear, sickness, and hate of those that did it.

@@CARLIN4737 you own a castle ,while someone else ows nothing!think about that!and why your castle has more value than a humans life?!why your life perhaps has more value than others?moral values over money and material goods ,this is my proposal for a healthy community, where no one is needed to steal nothing from someone else and nobody shoots dead young boys!

A stupid concept, Tony did not own a castle just a home. If people like you prevailed this world would degenerate into tyranny and disorder. Terror should be used against criminals. By the way, try to use a spell checker.

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I don't fancy eating a burger with 134 convictions.

@@paulthompson8996 Just say scumbag for short!

Very well said sir !

@@berniewharton4493 i couldnt have put it any better.well said mate.

@@kennethmcshane4607 There's nothing worse than coming home and finding your home ransacked. I had it happen to me a few years ago and it was a horrible feeling.

Well your book is wrong then isn't it? Unless you live in the States, and we've seen what happens over there, no thanks.

YOU WOKE BONEHEAD! I'M AN IRISH-TEXAN AND MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER SHOT-DEAD TWO DRUGED-UP INTRUDERS INTO HER HOME, THEY WERE ARMED, THANKFULLY MY YEARS OF TRAINING HER IN FIREARMS USAGE SAVED HER AND HER TWO CHILDREN'S LIVES! THE SUBHUMAN TRASH WHO INVADED HER HOME HAD RAP-SHEETS A MILE LONG, INCLUDING ARMED ROBBERY. I PITY YOU DEFENSELESS BRITS, YOUR CITIES ARE SWARMING WITH ARMED AND VIOLENT CRIMINALS WHO VIEW LAW-ABIDING PEOPLE AS EASY PREY! HERE IN TEXAS AND FLORIDA YOU AT LEAST HAVE A FIGHTING CHANCE! HAVING SAID THE ABOVE IT'S STILL A VERY GOOD IDEA TO HAVE AN INSURANCE-POLICY TO PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST CIVIL LAW-SUITS BY THE RELATIVES OF THE DECEASED TRASH YOU'VE TERMINATED! @@paulthompson8996

@@SB-dx7kb Shame on the Justice system that allows people in remote areas feel vulnerable......yet know crime is rising in such locations.

I totally agree. Tony Martin shouldn’t be seen as the victim

Right. The CRIMINALS ARE SCUMBAGS. BUT is the punishment for burglary death. They were unarmed and posed not threat. They didn't have the chance to interact with the homeowner. The way Tony Martin acted. How he LEFT his house to stay in a hotel out is house was proved to be not normal. He could have scared them off at any point. a 16 year old boy DID NOT need to be shot. Tony Martin was WAITING for this happen. HE had a fantasy about killing people and THIS is what he did. You NEED to look into this case. HE had a FANTASY about killing intruders. He had an illegal gun. He wanted to kill burglars. He GOT HIS WISH.

How does a dead person 'play the victim'?

I think you're missing the point here. If he hadn't broken into someone else's home, to steal someone else's property, he wouldn't have been killed. The victim is the man who served a year in jail over protecting his own life.

Trained police marksmen have shot and killed unarmed people in broad daylight and not been sent to prison. It's one rule for them and another for everyone else.

Aah that right very stange to normal people

in this case yes maybe must have heard the dogs I hope You will defend your life, wife and children the day You have to do it and Your dog included

@@burnotto1663 sorry but theres been times my dogs barked and my dads never woken up, it depends how deep a sleep they are

Dog outside? should be inside the house at night Dog barking inside = no break and enter I think

oliver jumelle they said at the beginning that the guy would only do the interview if he got paid does that not say it all!! They planned to go to to that farm!! It was pemetitted. I'm not saying he deserved to die cause he didn't. But the man was living in fear he had been done over 3 times!! I would of done the same. Sadly If I had have been in his shoes.

correct....smack head thief liar

@@tomjones5192 I don't think he did. I think he needed to go to jail not to die.

@@tomjones5192 I have children too. I don't agree with u. But please don't think I'm making light of the situation. I think I would of done the same thing as the farmer did. To protect my family. X

Thank you!!

Now everyone living in Mayo has a shot gun and so do the criminals. Strange people are roaming around the country. is frightening and extremely dangerous.

The 16-year-old burglar already had 30 previous convictions and the picture they show of him is actually a police mugshot taken two days before they broke into Tony Martin's house

@@martinlong2804that’s what happens when you disarm the populace . Even a simple shotgun seems dangerous to y’all

Death is a great deterrent no repeat offenders

Punks are a separate group Amelia, they're music related. It wasn't punks that broke into Tonys house, it was fuckin knackers, and the only loss is not enough knackers were shot!

im a punk they were chavs not punks ffs

Think Amelia is using “punks” in an old fashioned sort of 1940s way.

All of those burglars deserved it. Pity they were not all killed.

the jury dont listen the burglars, only follow the obvious, my child.

Or the once who caused the boy to bleed to death.If he told the neighbours sooner they would've found the boy and he might have survived.

@@samlsd9711 you do know the 1that survived went in to be a heroin dealer

The reason he was sentenced and incarcerated was that he is an extremist who openly wanted to shoot trespassers, used excessive force instead of reasonable force (should have turned on lights, asked for hands shown, and not fired upon learning they had no firearms/machetes/axes/etc.), lied to the police, owned two unlicensed firearms and one of those firearms had been outlawed, evaded police instead of calling them or going into a station on his own, and I believe that there are no official *self-defense laws* in the U.K.

hail the great system of dis-justice

"The man did nothing wrong when he defended his property." Well quite obviously he did, otherwise he wouldn't have been jailed!

@@MSM4U2POM that assumes every law is just and reasonable

@@redram5150 That analysis ignores one key fact, my friend: the law does not decide who is guilty and who is innocent in an English court. Neither does the judge. Only the jury can do it. Judges can sometimes direct a jury to return a verdict of not guilty, but no-one has the power to force a jury to convict. Ever. In Martin's case they found him guilty by a majority of ten to two. That means two of them rejected all the legal advice and all of the prosecution arguments, and found him innocent (which they were perfectly entitled to do). The other ten could have done exactly the same if they wanted to, and no-one could have stopped them. But they didn't - because they believed he was guilty. So when people complain about the law protecting criminals and the system being broken, perhaps they ought to consider the possibility that the problem, from their point of view at least, is nothing to do with the law or the system, and everything to do with the fact that not everyone shares their opinions?

@@MSM4U2POM bench trials are a thing, and you’re ignoring what I said. On top of that, jury nullification is treated as a crime. By your metric, slavery is ok to keep on the books because juries would, in your mind, level a verdict you approve

@@redram5150Any chance of translating that into English?

I don't think anyone feels sorry for the burglars. Considering their ages it would have probably been nicer if they were just arrested and maybe we're able to reform their lives and become law-abiding citizens. At the same time, they did make the conscientious choice to engage in a criminal act knowing full well it may have dire and lethal consequences. Mr. Martin did what he had to do to protect himself and I cannot fault him for that. I may have done the same under such circumstances.

@@WitchidWitchid they broke in his home tuff. But sad the young lad got an not the other 2

@@justcallfrank0089 True. Its a sad waste of life. It would have been nice if the outcome could have been nicer. But when you break into a person's home all bets are off. persons

@@WitchidWitchid they were travellers, the chance of them becoming 'reformed' is slim. The lefties have tried in vain so now the police just give them a pass for their cretinous ways.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes

,7 day wonder not used any more I believe

I live 2min from there

being glad that you can shoot each othter freely ,it's sick!!you're mad and murderous in Texas!that's why daily we learn for shooters in schools and kindergardens shooting dead children !you must feel proud of your insane ,bloody ,full of hate homeland!

@@MSM4U2POM how can you say that his shooting at an intruder shows he has a track record of 'malicious' behaviour? Since when is protecting one's household malicious? Your point shows that there was a track record of people breaking into his property. What makes this case interesting is that it shows the flaws of the legal system. If TM was to be imprisoned due to protecting his house then the law itself should change to give homeowners more rights. People who use the argument 'but he broke the law' or 'this is the law' don't stop to think maybe the law itself is flawed? Just because something is legally right doesn't make it morally right. it was legal to have slaves at one point, should we have stuck to the 'this is the law' argument when people were trying to ban slavery? No, of course not, human morals changed and with it so did the law. the reasonable force argument is flawed to the point where some homeowners might not even bother to protect themselves just because they might fear the repercussions after. The last thing anyone should worry about when their house is being invaded is how much force can I use that might be deemed reasonable? Just that split-second thought could be the difference between life and death and why? because we have a law that talks about reasonable force. If someone breaks into your house your only thought should be on YOUR and whoever you are with survival. Not the safety of the disgusting bastard whos broken into your home. Think of it like this, the burglar whos in front of you has already broken one law by entering your house. Who is to say they won't break another by killing you? The thing is you don't know and you shouldn't need to waste time thinking about it either. Protect yours and your loved ones and call it a day.

The guy was a dickhead. I live in the UK, and when I had guns in my house I made it my business to find out what you can and cannot do in these situations. It wasn't difficult to find out, and it wasn't difficult to understand. It is actually your legal DUTY as a firearms or shotgun certificate holder to know the law regarding firearms use, just as it is your legal duty as a driver to know the rules of the road. Ignorance of the law is never an excuse, and if Martin hadn't the common sense to learn what his responsibilities were and what he was and was not entitled to do, then whose fault is that? He got what he deserved, as far as I'm concerned.

Yep, down here in the United States this would be just considered normal self defense.

England is so soft thay expect use to be victims and not fight back just spent 2 years of been punished through English justice system for fighting back

That's because the United States is full of deluded fucking morons like yourselves...

Al Whyte I just thought it was odd to shoot a child in the back and call it self defence maybe it’s cos I not American

@Walakilma Tiger couldn't agree more! We have more than our fair share of them...look at who our Prime Minister is!

absolutely. bang bang baseball bat gaffer tape. they would have been lucky to get out alive of my home.id have killed them. no problem.bastards.

Ginge1008 ... I bet the other 2 will not burglar again lol

no tears here

I have no sympathy for the families at all. If Fred's parents had brought him up better he wouldn't have broken into the house. There are too many scum parents around.

Don't shed a tear for their family - they aint missing much

Just like a Democrat

Bartholomew Horatio Brunel did a damn good job with it didn't he tho

So your idea of a hero is a bloke who terrorises women and children with firearms? Knowing what we do now about Tony Martin, you would think again before saying that. The bloke is nothing but a bully and a coward to whom guns are just a means of getting your own way, and there is certainly nothing admirable about him at all.

BU11FROG 1144 he shouldn't of done any time, sadly crime and gang behavior is almost always suspiciously rewarded in the uk, and until that changes The uk public, will always have to endure this type of risk and disgusting behavior.

@jim morgan ?

@ totally agree

I agree Tony should have killed all of them and buried them on his land case closed

Andre Cureton best fuckin comment Ever! But the driver was around probably would’ve snitched lol

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He is a bad guy and killer.

@y r no, I don't agree with you. He didn't need to be so violent and remorseless. And how could he return back his bedroom to sleep more? He is not normal and has no respect for others lives. He is killer and lunatic. he ambushed those Bastards to kill them. Not all, but people living in village or farms have a tough and wild nature. They don't have normal, civil human reactions. Could you think so when you were the parent of this little thief boy? Stealing isn't good and crime, but killing and disregard for life is much worse and evil than it.

@y r you can't be serious. You advocate for a murderer and selfish mad man. He enjoyed using his gun and show his ego to be higher than others. He killed this boy for nothing. He could shout or fire into air and they would have escaped. People like him should not be given any gun.

@y r I would first lock my door and make noise( turn on TV or radio, music) to scare away them. If that doesn't work, I would yell and fire into air. Or I would escape to neighbours and together with them, I would find a way. But to be honest with you, it is scary to put yourself into his position. You don't know what lurks inside the house and night. Even if he fired and shot the thieves, he must have turn on the lights and seen what he had done with his action. And when had seen those were only little bastards to steal for money, he could have called the police and ambulance or neighbours. Anyway, unfortunately whatever we say or claim will not bring a lost life again. And mad people will do whatever they want.

@@esrefcelikcelik8789Stop talking rubbish, he did the right thing. If someone broke into my house, they will give up any rite to their safety, and deserve what they get. They went prepared to steal, they deserved it.Tony Martin's actions at least stopped the young criminal from ever breaking into anyone else's house. We are too soft in this country.

Well said, couldn't put it better myself. Sad tony Martin had to do time for scum that broke in his house

Nicely put, but in Martin's case that is still open to debate. The incident involved two competely separate offences: one (the murder/manslaughter charge) could only be decided by a judge and jury; but he was unquestionably guilty of the other, and the judge had no choice other than to impose a custodial sentence. Martin's shotgun licence had been revoked because he wrecklessly and disproportionately discharged a 12 bore at someone during an altercation at his property a few years earlier, so he already had a track record of malicious and dangerous behaviour with legally owned firearms. That means that on the night of the shooting, he had already been declared unfit to own one. Furthermore, the weapon he used on the night of 20th August 1999 was not technically a shotgun, but a Section One Firearm, because it was capable of firing more than three shots without reloading. Illegal possession of one of these is a very serious offence, for which there is no legal excuse. Martin must have known that he was breaking the law, and because of his history the court could not possibly let him walk free. He would have been jailed anyway, regardless of the verdict concerning Fearon and Barras.

You're right they clearly knew there was someone there and they still broken in so they were Intent on doing harm to to anyone who was home so he had every right to do what he did the jury were twatt they would feel different if they had ever been burgled I hope they get burgled so they know how it feel especially if their home at the time so they will no what it was like for him. I don't wish for anyone going through all that but they should because they screwed with the Victim and punished him.

Right and why would they burglarize an abandoned house? Is mouse shit selling high on the black market? Did they think people leave their cash and jewelry when they move out of a house?

if the dogs are burking loud ,making a lot of noise in a remote property, the first you're going to think is that no one is in the house.but he saw them and he waited for them to get in and kill them.if he wanted to avoid the burglary and protect himself ,he could shoot in the air twice to warn them that he was present and had a gun .they weren't murderers ,they were burglars.he knew it ',cause, if they had guns with them,they would shoot the dogs first.he had no fear for his life ,he was obsessed with "his property".fucking crazy man.i feel pity for the young man who died for a few pounds.

@@nastap4165 No you are right he could of gave a warning shot to let them know he was actually armed and not just saying he was too scared. But I guess they thought he was just an early man that wouldn't give them any trouble. And you can't say that they wouldn't of harmed him because you don't know what some people are capable of especially if they are desperate for what they want the money for not saying they would have hurt him I don't know i was just saying I do still feel sorry for them being shot it didn't need to go that way I do think if he had no choice but to shoot he could have shot at their legs two try and wound them but it might not have made a difference because he had a shotgun and that kind of gun is made for killing. Thank you for your opinion it's good 2 no what other people think and thank you if you're not being nasty and horrible to me that my comment I'm sorry if you thought I was happy about them being shot that is not what I meant I just think you should be able to protect your home and family within limits of how you do so

@@jasonthomas1708 when something like this happens i'm always thinking what i would do.it's normal to try to defend youself, but in this case this didn't happen .maybe i'm wrong, but he said too many lies and he didn't act like a person who was in dange,r but as he wanted to kill them .he didn't call the police,he lied about the gun,he had shot again other people.he felt no sorry about the kid he shot.all these made me think that he is a murderer and not a person who defended himself.

MrSchmolko He should’ve just let his house get burgled.

it was pest control

@@MrSchmolko that has absolutely nothing to do with the Nazis gassing Jews. I am a Jew and I do not appreciate you trying to draw a parallel between criminals and the Jews

@@MrSchmolko Jesus himself told the disciples "sell your coat and buy a sword if you haven't got one", and told more than one parable about a homeowner using deadly force against a burglar. NO comparison!

@@APB111 it would be very hard not to laugh if his home was turned over!! 😊

What, like rebuild the Empire? Fucking idiot.

@@pauldavies5655 I wouldn't be terrified. Don't need weapons to defend myself, you see?

@@alwhyte6533 no i DONT SEE my friend , explain more ?

@@alwhyte6533 Really you wouldn't be terrified if gang of bloke with bats, knifes or firearms came into you home. And if you did manage to defend yourself what difference does it make if it's with a gun or with your fist? Both have the capacity to kill someone with.

@@PiOfficial certainly, I could kill someone with a fist. But it's far easier with a gun. Guns do not make the world safer. The States has lots of guns ..but there's at least one mass shooting EVERY WEEK over there. How's that safer than... decent firearms laws, for example?

Don't talk about rats like that, rats are nice 🤡🙄🥱

"Tony Martin is clearly the victim [...] of the liberal orientated government". This simpleton's analysis ignores one key fact: governments do not decide who is guilty and who is innocent in English courts. Neither does the law. Or judges. Only juries can do it. Judges can sometimes direct a jury to return a verdict of not guilty, but no-one has the power to force a jury to convict. Ever. An english jury consists of twelve randomly-selected people who act as representatives of the general public, and in Martin's case they found him guilty by a majority of ten to two. That means two of them rejected all the legal advice and all of the prosecution arguments, and found him innocent (which they were perfectly entitled to do). The other ten could have done exactly the same if they wanted to, and no-one could have stopped them. But they didn't - because they believed he was guilty. So when people whinge and whine about the law protecting criminals and the system being broken, perhaps they ought to consider the possibility that the problem, from their point of view at least, is nothing to do with the law or the system, and everything to do with the fact that not everybody shares their ridiculous opinions? Just saying.

It was a shame Barras died and Fearon survived. He was the ringleader, manipulated the kid and has spent his time since selling sniff and acting like a hardman in Newark.

Jurgen Dorries criminals are rewarded in the uk. Sounds like a Twisted place to be honest.

@Jack Williamsactually there has been more then few shootings by legal gun owners defending themselves against house breakers with no indictments or loss of gun rights the last one last year near heathrow the fella didnt have a certificate and killed a one smashing his way into caravan he was not charged with any homicide . he was only charged with having a shotgun without a certificate an affence that be charged as either a summary or an indictable charge. the CPS pressed for an indictable conviction when he pled guilty at the magistrates court, and thus got 18 months when he was sentenced at the crown court

@Jack Williams no there wasnt ! he was charged with having a shotgun without permit that has nothing to do with self defence ! its was a weapons vilolation that can be charged an a indictable offence !

He did have one it was taken on the wrong ground he defended his dog on his property so the gun was ok in his hands

That is a guverment problem not his

Watch again: the murderer got convicted... Yes the burglars are wrong but guess what: both sides can be (and are) wrong... If he'd have fired his gun as he said he did there wouldn't have been an issue for him, but he fired, relocated to get closer and fired again. This proves that he was not in danger and he knew it: he ran after them instead of being terrified and trying to get away. After that he hid the gun, why would he do that if he had just saved his own life with it? He knew he was not in danger when he fired the gun, that's why he hid it, that's why he didn't call the police. You can see it in the interview, he is an extremely stubborn man with no empathy. Everyone who would have shot a burglar in self defense would feel empathy, a form of guilt over shooting a human, even if that human was a piece of shit burglar, he instead shows no emotion over the whole thing and maintains that he shouldn't. I'm not saying you shouldn't defend yourself or your family, just that this man didn't do that, he went out of his way to chase a burglar and attempted to execute him and then lie about it while he hid the evidence...

@@someguy4915 I am sorry but I think it's okay to kill someone who has broken into your house whilst it is happening. The reasonable self defense law is silly because it doesn't take into account human nature and presumes that someone is going to act level headed and calm in a situation which must be terrifying. I do feel bad for Fearon, he was a young kid who was a victim of circumstance and his up bringing that normalises such behaviour - But I do think charging a homeowner for the death of a burglar is ridiculous, at the most Tony maybe should have got a conviction for excessive force with a suspended sentence. There is something very wrong with a judicial system that places an equal footing on a homeowner and a burglar.

@@markusjohnson6558 To each their own opinion I suppose, yet I think that in this case the homeowner was rather suspicious in his actions to shoot a burglar, move and then shoot again (which shows clearly it was not out of fear, at least the last shots weren't). That first shot could've been out of fear, but terrified people typically start shooting and don't stop until they run out of bullets, out of panic they empty their magazine/clip. Him moving sort of seems like it was an execution. This is further made plausible by him saying for years that he would love to kill a burglar, so clearly not out of a terrified state but pre-meditated. Then, after shooting someone he leaves the house (why?) while he knows he just shot someone, moved and shot him again so likely fatal wounds... I think that the law should not allow lethal force in a burglary, so that a judge can look over the case and see that as it was here there was more than just a bit of self-defense out of a terrified homeowner. If it was the father of a family who was upstairs, terrified, he might've felt some added fears and a judge would likely make an exception for that. Happened here, a juweler got robbed, the wife got so scared she fired a gun through the door in blind panic (hitting her husband but not killing him). She killed one of the two robbers using an illegally owned gun. The judge took the gun and basically told her to stop having illegal weapons, no sentence was delivered against her as the circumstances explained her actions.

Those that create and serve the law are corrupt as hell so theres little chance tony would of got a fair trial anyway for rightly defending himself and his property and shackles. This country is fucked and worse bit is the reason it is fucked is due to those that we the public employ to serve and protect us and this country.

He knew he had to kill him or he would be back to kill him,its a shame he didn’t keep pigs hahahahaha

id have shot them all in the face. boy I would love to have a shotgun under my bed. mind you the neighbours would need a few more locks on there doors.

down the pan. liberalism clearly never worked.

PRO PAINTER PRO DEC don’t talk wet they were two children

@@petethundabox5067 Saying it is just theft is misleading, it's not snatching someone's hand bag and running away - Breaking and entering a house is home invasion, which is in itself a violent act. You don't know what someone is capable of when they break into a house, they might be harmless or they might be prepared to use extreme violence against the homeowner. Before finding out the best thing to do is to extinguish the the threat.

I bet the parents are the master mind behind their crimes, apple don't fall far from the tree.

Pete thundabox let’s hope it never happens to you, I think you will be singing a very different song

Pete thundabox I would do exactly the same thing and happily sit out my old age in a nice comfortable cell with good health care,this sort of scum needs to know to think twice before they break in to peoples homes,back in the day they would have been swinging from the nearest tree

Pete thundabox you are right of course but when the blood is up mob rule feels so righteous

Bit savage but fair play

No Gods or Kings Just Men Bet you wouldn’t actually have the bollocks to back up your bullshit though, so stfu or I’ll come an burgle you

I agree with all of you .You enter someones property ,uninvited.With the obvious intention of stealing .Then all bets are off ! You as the burglar have just waivered your rights to any protection that society has to offer.

@ imreallydead try us out then

YEAH FEEDING PIGS TO PIGS LIKE IT

joe fien he would Of got away with it in the states

Statement well said!! Period!!! If its not yours, don't touch it!!! Or walk on it!! They were warned from the start. Go Tony!!

Exactly!

Joe Fien... EXACTLY! :)

mcfcguvnors bollocks your chatting shit Tony had a stolen gun no permit and shot a child in the back how the fuck is that self defence ? When some one is running away the threat is over

@@billbobaggins7542 They had over 100 convictions between them ,they got what they deserved ,Tony should get a Knighthood,

@@busterruff9369 ok that makes alright to kill them dose it ?

@@busterruff9369 so any one with form should be executed that makes sense let’s go with that

@@robertjohn6104 so they went into his house fact then they was running away outside of the house and he shot a BOY in the back and claimed self defence! How is shooting some one I the back self defence ? And why was he in possession of a Illegal firearm loaded ? This is england not the Wild West defence is defending attacking from behind is murder

I'm with you on that...

Correct ! I would like to have a pint with Mr Martin and shake his hand for standing up to the scumbags !

Don’t be STUPID he shot a child he also shot at a man for taking a apple from his tree he should have got a life sentence

Please explain how it is tragic that a life was lost...

@@Adam-im3uz don't think you can sense the sarcasm fella

I hope this is sarcasm because if it isn't then the man has every right to defend their property and also the prosecutor was corrupted and so was the jury too because they're dumb and I praise the man tony mark for defending himself against the stupid boys who try to rob his farm so tony mark got injustice for his actions and he shouldve said the prosecutor and jury were corrupted and they lack the evidence for the charges besides the murder and manslaughter but again he was defending his property against the thieves and he shouldve done a re-trial and hopefully gotten better people than of what he previously gotten on his first previous trials

That's BC if you break in our houses we have the right to kill you here in Oklahoma with whatever firearm we feel like pulling out of the arsenal

My friends in Oklahoma kept a shotgun under the bed

xdoctorbeatx yeah and it's not like people don't use pumps for hunting and target shooting why it is a gun only for crowd control I have no fucking clue

Here in America they are telling us we dont need an AR-15 and that all we need is a shotgun lol i strongly disagree, if Tony Martin had used an AR-15 that punk might still be home disrespecting his mother lol... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HHZ7zXLvOkY.html same shit different country. its all about control...

xdoctorbeatx The man was referring to the specific model of the shotgun, not the action itself. Riot shotguns are used for riot-control & law-enforcement. That’s their primary purpose. Pump-actions are legal in Britain, over 24” in length. Tony Martin at one time, owned that shotgun legally years ago & he didn’t surrender it, when they were banned from civilian ownership in 1988, after the 1987 Hungerford Massacre-as his license for it. Probably expired & back then, the police weren’t as strict or as efficient as most details of gun owners were held on paper-files- especially police forces in rural England.

Sure pump action shotguns are legal in the UK they just only hold 3 carriages

I too have a pump action shotgun a mossberg 835, 100 % for hunting and vemin control, but like in Tony's case sometimes vermin can have two legs! Fair play to him.

F**ked up mentality I'd say 😬 that farron is a complete idiot 🙄

I know also shows how retarded they are not seeing the irony of the comment 😊

@The Comet Its not necessary to have experienced what the subject has to empathise with another......not empathising with cause but the effect i.e fear, terror, pain ,suffering, loss, lonliness, etc.

Totally agree with you Jon !

I do agree with you Jon Wilson.. as jurors they might as well wear the old man's shoe to know better how does it feels like in the cold of night someone is breaking into your property.. ..!!

@@PrincipledNaturalLaw Belive me , you have know idea till it happens.

Even when they made a decision based on observable evidence which corroborated Fearon's version of events, and cast doubt on Martin's? They were just doing their job mate, and absolutely correctly too. Juries have to be swayed by evidence, not emotions.

For shooting an unarmed 16 year old boy in the back! You have low standards indeed...

@@zoeguy2799 hope they come to your house and take everything you own, and rape ya shitbox whilst you're scared and pleading for your life. You cunt!

@@zoeguy2799 All burglars deserve to die. That little shit burglar Fred Barras already had a violent criminal history that was so bad it was insane that he was not in jail already. His burglaries also included attacks on people in their homes. He deserved to get blown away, before he ended up killing someone himself. Tony Martin is a hero.

Yes non of the criminals were travellers and gypsies.

Probably deliberate ambush .but so what they were in his house tough luck on the Gadjo burglars

The jury convicted Martin on the basis of observable evidence, mate. Forensics proved that Martin's account could not be true; and because he had opened fire without warning, had shot Barras in the back and Fearon as he was trying to get out of a window, they were persuaded by the prosecution argument that Martin had made up his mind to kill or injure right from the start, and had no intention of letting anyone escape. That's murder, plain and simple; not just in UK law but in the judicial system of every western country I can think of. If Martin had acted reasonably he would have got away with the murder charge, but would have been jailed for the firearm offence anyway.

if you believe in goD ,then he must be the devil ,who blesses the murders!

I agree, just as long as you act in legitimate self-defence and with reasonable force. Tony Martin did neither, which is why is ended up in jail. I made in my business to find out what I can and cannot legally do in these situations when I kept guns in my house. It wasn't difficult to find out ,and it wasn't difficult to understand. As far as I'm concerned, if he didn't have the common sense to appraise himself of his rights, then he shouldn't expect to get away with it. Ignorance of the law is never an excuse.

Don't mess with Texas!

This is NOT FUCKING TEXAS

As it should be.

SYDNEY HI correct there money there belongings

Haha that's a fact.

He's a mumbling idiot

Mong

Yes that's what I thought 🤔 f**king idiot can't even talk properly 🙄

Did he even take basic English lessons? LOL

yes. Australia learns from the US and bases laws similar to America. sadly here in Ireland we have only brought in laws giving power for a homeowner using reasonable force. burglars have rights! not in my view!

***** i the 2nd amendment is not the answer it only means the burglars will shoot back the gun homicide rate in Australia is only a fraction compared to the united states would you want your children to do school lock down drills to worry if one of their classmates will shoot up the school

***** challenge you to a mad minute with a lee enfield

***** mad minute is a shooting competition started in ww1 it is a rapid fire drill to see how many targets you can hit with a bolt action in a minute lee enfield

***** pretty sure you have shooting clubs over there i never had much money for a modern bolt action so i had too use ww2 surplus my first rifle was a mosin nagant i used it till i inherited my grandfathers lee enfield

Wayne Goff In uk we reward the criminals with free meals, free tv and a free room....Actually, who got the most jail time from this incident?

@Astuteous Maximus You mean the lisence they took from him for defending his pets and property in a non-lethal and justified manner?

Neuneu Studio shame that’s the same in the UK education system.

Mel Kennedy yeah totally agree. It's a shame he got killed. But still live by the sword you die by the sword.

police cant go catching criminals they need to secure their jobs and keep custom running so they can improve and get premotion

Shannon's VIP the uk justice system lol. They love enabling the trash. Whether it be “benefits” the “council” or the judicial system its all a joke

So true, these subhuman Bastards, make money out of victims .low life scum, that's I sometimes think the solicitor is for worse than the burglar.

Come off it, mate. Martin was jailed for exactly the same reason that several thousand people are sent down every year: he told a pack of lies in court, and they were comprehensively destroyed by the evidence. He tried to pull a fast one and it backfired on him, so whose bloody silly fault is that?

I think they said it was premeditated because his neighbour had reported Tony said if anyone broke in to his house again he would shoot them. Personally, I don't think that's the same as premeditating a murder. I don't think the case would've divided the country if the burglar wasn't young.

@@plantlifeforever6994 Actually Martin had said the same thing in public on multiple occasions and in front of multiple witnesses - including the local police! The witness testimony certainly strengthened the case against him, but from what I understand it was regarded as premeditated when it became obvious that Martin had lied about the circumstances in which he opened fire. Martin claimed that he fired the first (fatal) shot because he panicked when a light was shone in his eyes. However, forensic evidence proved that from where that shot was fired, the pellets had to pass through a narrow gap in the wall. No stray pellets were found anywhere around the gap, so it had either been an extremely lucky shot, or Martin had aimed very carefully. This cast doubt on his story, and strongly suggested that rather than firing in surprise, he had lain in wait for the two men, effectively ambushing them. This is a big no-no in english law: setting traps and ambushes are regarded as premeditated acts, which in turn invalidates the plea of self-defence. It also meant that it is likely Martin was nowhere near as frightened as he said he was, and again, this was destructive of his plea of self-defence. The jury accepted the prosecution argument that Martin deliberately lied about the light, because he knew the truth would incriminate him. This is one of a number of lies Martin told in court, and which ultimately sealed his fate.

@@MSM4U2POM ah I see :) thanks for explaining that does make sense.

As always

Maybe too many budgetary cuts by those who want to pay no taxes anymore ?

im always surprised he never shot anybody as we always got chancers that would just not fuck off

@Abbie Hazel Florence Hunter yes he got £9000

NOT SURE, then you aren’t purchasing “The Sun” or any other tabloids, are you? They pay for stories.

@@inkyguy The sun does not force me to hand over £154 a year for their content, but no, of course i dont buy the sun or any paper , or watch TV its all fear mongering , propaganda or adverts.

@Abbie Hazel Florence Hunter that was the only reason he took part, it tells you 5 seconds in to this video he got paid.

If Martin had the shotgun legally, fired a warning shot, not made hateful comments about gypsies, and not acted shady after the shooting the case would not have been so controversial.

lol.

M.E.G.A...sounds about right.

A tragedy for the shooter who has to do time in jail for protecting himself !

@@jackfahy2283 That was the real tragedy. He shouldn't have been charged.

manor

Agree

Mickey Mouse *manners

I agree dont rob homes and think you will succeed this man defended his home never should have been sent to prison

+Jack Murphy or in much of europe actually

geezer1982- Scandinavia, Netherlands and maybe Germany you would get the same. Maybe not France though.

true he have to.deal with a whole country.of.mentally.ill.people.....

You're right, Tony Martin, wouldn't have to worry about this living in the states, he probably would've died himself from gunshot wounds whilst at college!

States is a nightmare because gun violence is rampant. Guns are far too easy to buy here - but that is due to the very powerful gun lobby and the bribes they give politicians. But I absolutely agree that a homeowner should have every right to defend himself and his property

Hurray he's a murderer!!!! What a hero

No he’s not a murderer. He was found not guilty.

MS MOREFIRE He had the cheek to apply for compensation because he couldn't work! 😳

A plant has a Higher IQ

Omg, I'm Australian, so people might think my accent is odd, but that woman sounds as though she is speaking underwater. I presume it's a local accent, but I kept thinking, hurry up and finish what you're saying, you're taking a month to say what could be said in five minutes!

Right Slowest speech ever

You've read hundreds of comments, but you don't say whether you actually have read the facts of the case, watched the documentary/ies etc. You ignorant comments suggest that you haven't. The jurors listened to all the evidence, and came to a 10-2 majority verdict. But of course you know better.