Man Who Killed Armed Intruder Jailed Eight Years

This amazing article is from The Daily Scotsman:

"Carl Lindsay, 25, answered a knock at his door in Salford, Greater Manchester, to find four men armed with a gun. When the gang tried to rob him he grabbed a samurai sword and stabbed one of them, 37-year-old Stephen Swindells, four times. Mr Swindells, of Salford, was later found collapsed in an alley and died in hospital.

"Lindsay, of Walkden, was found guilty of manslaughter following a three-week trial at Manchester Crown Court. He was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment."
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Riiiiiiiiiiiiight...I guess those hoary notions of "self-defense" have gone the way of the old home-is-your-castle thing...at least, in Scotland. I'd say William Wallace must be spinning like a top. Maybe if Mr. Lindsay had used a Claymore instead of a samurai sword it would have been a lesser sentence.