Who has law protection?

Letter: Last weekend, I was woken at 2am by our dogs who were loudly barking at the back door. I looked out of the bedroom window in time to see an intruder running hell for leather down our drive. Thankfully he didn't have time to break in because our dogs immediately alerted us, he just left the back gate open.

The next day I developed a case of the "what ifs" and they chilled me to the bone.

What if he did break in and my dogs bit him? Would I end up in jail prosecuted under the Dangerous Dogs Act?

Even though there's a large "beware of the dogs" notice on the very gate the intruder unbolted, would there be a destruction order placed on my dogs for defending their home?

What if the intruder made a claim against us and we lost everything that took us years to honestly earn?

These scenarios went over and over in my head. Far fetched?

Hardly, when injustices like that of Mr Munir Hussain happen again and again in our courts.

Have we got to take out special insurance in case burglars are hurt when breaking into our homes and attacking our families?

Do we have to muzzle our dogs in case they hinder/bite intruders?

It's a very sad world when the criminal has more rights than the law-abiding.

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