Case said:I wonder where would the law stand if you had a bag of poison labelled as sweeties someone broke into your house then ate them and died. Would you be liable?
CorNokZ said:Tbh I don't think you would be accused of anything as it's YOUR poison and it's YOUR home and they have absolutely nothing to do there what so ever..
But if the poison is illegal then I guess it's another case?
NikonL said:You couldnt possibly know that your house would be broken into. What if you had friends round, or a kid got at them? You'd damn sure be liable then. Just because its your house doesnt mean you can do anything you like with it, by your reasoning you could rig up a shotgun to the mailbox to blast the postman away when he opens it for a laugh.
The fact that you deliberately set up this poison to decieve means that it was pre-meditated, and goes down as murder rather than manslaughter, even if the guy was breakign into your home.
Thats how i understand it anyway, i dont really know much bout the law so maybe someone who does can clear it up.
old.Tohtori said:Actually you CAN do whatever the hell you like(legal) inside your own home. It's yours. So if you happen to have poison(legal) on your table, it's your right.
It just "was left there" as you went out for a while.
It's not pre-meditated against a burglar unless you know you were gonna get burglarized
NikonL said:A burgler breaking in, going into one of your cupboards and guzzling from a bag marked "poison" wouldnt make it pre-meditated no...
But if you put the poison in a bag marked "Sweets" as someone suggested, and left it on the table with the intent of tricking someone into eating it and killing them (whether or not you only wanted to kill a burglar breaking in would be irrelevant? i think) Would mean that you'd clearly thought about it. As far as im aware the fact that the burglar shouldnt have been there doesnt come into it.
Yeke said:Proving that intent would be impossable however, simply because they would have to prove you were aware you were going to be burgled by a sweet toothed burgler that couldnt resist your "sweets" or that you intentionally left it out every time you left home in the hope someone would break in and eat them.
Anyway its a ridiculous hyperthetical situation
NikonL said:Proving the intent wouldnt be difficult? The defence would have to come up with a reason why they left a bag of poison lablled "Sweets" on the table... that could be quite a challenge
And ridiculous or not, im sure someone on here is considering trying this now as a cheap alternative to a buglar alarm.
Tilda said:tris, seal, read R v Brown.
You can't do absolutly anything you like in your own home, even if its legal.
old.Tohtori said:Actually you CAN do whatever the hell you like(legal) inside your own home. It's yours. So if you happen to have poison(legal) on your table, it's your right.
It just "was left there" as you went out for a while.
It's not pre-meditated against a burglar unless you know you were gonna get burglarized
Naffets said:power owned rly
Sparx said:my point i am trying to put across is, why should i be in court as a murderer/manslaughter if i am a loner with no friends and to make myself happy i label bad things nice stuff and someone breaks into my house and is foolish kills themself
Sparx said:thats theft he shouldnt be touching them
Sparx said:i have gas men/telewest guys/ etc etc round atm every 2 weeks not one have taken or even looked at sweets sitting on my desk