So, this is something that's happening in my county...
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/man-dies-after-being-detained-following-breakin-at-hamilton-in-newcastle/news-story/3a6d404b1812b83ce72813a1ec2ecf94?nk=c9599c0a269135aaa7df57872861b564-1459133010
>A MAN will face court today charged with murder after allegedly killing a would-be thief during a bungled home invasion.
>The incident took place not far from the Newcastle city centre.
>Ben Batterham, 33, was refused bail after handing himself in to Newcastle police late yesterday.
>Batterham had already been charged with recklessly inflicting grievous bodily harm after allegedly tackling 34-year-old alleged home invader Richard Slater and putting him in a chokehold early on Friday morning.
>But police upgraded the charge to murder after Mr Slater’s life support was shut off yesterday morning.
>Police were first called to a house on Cleary St in the Newcastle suburb of Hamilton about 3.30am on Saturday after receiving reports of a fight between three men.
>They arrived to find Batterham and another man, aged 32, pinning Mr Slater to the pavement.
>Mr Slater blacked out soon after officers arrived, and, despite being rushed to hospital, never regained consciousness.
>Chief Inspector Trevor Shiels refused to comment on how much force was appropriate when trying to make a citizen’s arrest.
>He described the incident as “very serious, and very sad”.
>“At this stage I can’t go into specific injuries. It’s a very complex investigation and as soon as we can release further information we will get it out to you,” he said.
>Insp Shiels said police had spoken to the 32-year-old man also involved in the alleged incident, but no charges had been laid against him.
>Batterham, who was treated for facial injuries following the incident, is due to appear in Newcastle local court this morning.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/family-shocked-after-fatherofthrees-alleged-murder-following-breakin-at-hamilton-newcastle/news-story/a028ce9845de96714a0da4ef70f9168c
>THERE have been dramatic scenes outside a Newcastle court this morning after a man accused of murdering a would-be home invader was refused bail as the dead man’s family gathered to air their grief.
>Friends and family said Mr Slater-Dickson had been in trouble with the law previously.>Police allege father-of-three Ricky Slater-Dickson was murdered after breaking into Ben Batterham’s house in the Newcastle suburb of Hamilton during the early hours of Saturday morning.
>Mr Batterham did not appear during a brief court hearing and was formally refused bail until the matter is heard again tomorrow morning.
>It is understood Batterham, 33, and another man, who has not been charged, chased down Mr Slater-Dickson and tackled him to the ground, where he was held until police arrived.
>He blacked out shortly after and never regained consciousness.
>Family members switched off his life support on Sunday morning.
>Other relatives claimed Mr Slater-Dickson had not broken into the house but instead had gone there to attend a party being held at the address.
>>29407520
>niggers
Not once
>>29407520
What I'm getting from this article is Australians are as manly as they're stereotyped to be but their laws are as retarded as /int/ and /pol/ say they are.
>>29408085
Pretty much.
>>29407548
>>29407520
Did the chase down and sleeper hold happen inside or outside the home?...because if someone breaks into my home, leaves and I chase him down and shoot him...that is technically considered murder.
>>29409286
They tackled him and pinned him on the ground until the cops came - he passed out during that time.
Standard citizen's arrest, but it went wrong, they shouldn't be charged.
Also fucking kek'd at his family saying he was there for a party.
Hope you guys have jury nullification, at the very least.
>>29409286
depends, really.
citizen arrest laws and use of force during such an event vary greatly.
A man in Texas got away with lethally shooting a hooker. She didn't have sex with him and tried to walk away with the money. Texas law allows use of lethal force to reclaim stolen property.
other states, even California, allow "as much force as needed" to stop a dangerous misdemeanor or felony.
The Aussie is going to get off, eventually. It would take a really retarded jury and defense lawyer, to be found guilty of murder.
The "home invader" was an ex-housemate, apparently. The full story is still emerging, it's not a clear-cut thing.
>>29409332
>>29409299
Yeah, these make sense...i just can't believe there is a place that puts the blame on me for defending myself and I live in CA....hell even Yugoslavia (you know the socialist country) had provisions for gun ownership and self defense laws....come on Australia
>>29407520
>>29407548
That's sad.
>>29409519
Try to look on the bright side: the kids might get a better upbringing now, if they're raised by the mother and grandmother, with the legacy of criminal behaviour dangling over their heads like the sword of Damocles.
>>29409580
>the kids might get a better upbringing now, if they're raised by the mother and grandmother
You clearly know nothing about abos.
>>29410000
We don't know if the mother is abo though.
There have been a few cases in Straya where cops or bouncers have used chokeholds and the guy died - coupla times at Crown Casino etc - it will go to court, a decent barrister will get him off as
1 the accused has facial injuries so was himself attacked
2 previous presumably violent criminal history of deceased
3 as long as he doesnt say anything stupid but was either scared of his own life if he let go and was attacked again, and has never trained how to chokehold so made honest mistake pressing too hard or long
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3511917/Father-Ben-Batterham-charged-murder-catching-man-looking-baby-daughter-s-bedroom-fight-broke-burglar-died-tried-make-citizen-s-arrest.html
Confirmed Abo
Also breaking into young girls room
>> no jury to convict ever
Straya
I live in an unfree state but even I can legally shoot a home invader who uses force to enter my abode
get fucked britbucks
>>29410461
Aussies trully are hard cunts masterrace. If that country had softer laws they would burn the entire island and laugh in the end.
Don't know if it's because of every animal trying to kill you or because of their criminal past but fuck aussies, they'll fuck you up good.
>>29407520
>But police upgraded the charge to murder after Mr Slater’s life support was shut off yesterday morning.
surely that's manslaughter?
>>29407520
be merikan
think this guy is fucked, UK will do anything to make sure the rights of paki's and niggers to break into houses and gang rape 13 year olds remains inviolate
think this guy is gonna have the book thrown at him
>realize it's straya instead
one less Abo
hope he enjoys his 2 weeks off work and gets some good card games while he's being held
hopefully he gets a customized license plate with REARNKD on it or however many characters aussies have on plates
>>29410829
It should be
Sound like positional asphyxia, which most people dont realize is a thing anyway.
>>29409475
Well he was still breaking in I guess from that information.
>>29410860
>hopefully he gets a customized license plate with REARNKD on it or however many characters aussies have on plates
kek
I know a guy who has that exact number plate, total grapplefag who can't hack it.
We were sparring, he took me into a front guard and was completely dumbfounded when I started laying into his face and ribs.
Ended up kneeling on his groin and the dropping my forearm on his throat 'til he fluttered.
>>29410448
>Mr Slater's devastated family have demanded justice, claiming the 34-year-old father-of-three was 'murdered in cold blood'.
>'I want my baby's killer found and brought to justice,' his mother Beryl Dickson told Seven News.
>'He was my eldest baby and now I got to bury him for a reason I don't know.'
>Ms Dickson said her three grandchildren have been robbed of a father, claiming that he had been on the straight and narrow since leaving prison.
>According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Mr Slater had been released from jail in December after serving 20 months for aggravated break and enter and fraud offences.
>He was reportedly convicted over the ram raid of an adult store in Sandgate where cash and synthetic drugs were taken, but was acquitted on appeal.
>'They've lost their father, their beautiful father that they haven't seen for years because he was in jail, which has nothing to do with this case,' Ms Dickson told ABC News.
BUH HI DINDU NUFFIN
>>29408085
How is it retarded? What Zimmerman did was more clean cut than this and he had a trial, this guy will get off aswell.
