So, today I was feeling lazy and decided to go to the shops for lunch rather than making my own. I went to the shops maybe 5 minutes down the road and returned to my flat within 10 to 15 minutes of leaving. When I got back to the flat I noticed my door was ajar and immediately became suspicious, as I entered the flat I heard a bang up stairs and run up to confront a man holding my monitor.
I immediately tackled the guy and fumbled to get my phone out of my pocket to call 999, during this he slipped out from underneath me and climbed over the balcony to my front room, I ran down the stairs and saw him trying to climb out of my third floor window, I dragged him back inside as despite the idiot trying to steal my things I didn't want him to break his neck. He swings round and starts to pull something out of his back pocket and evidently thinks flight wasn't working it's time to fight, i simply screamed at him to just get out and he scarpers.
My question is, what would you do if you walked in on a burglar? I had many opportunitys to seriously hurt him or incapicate him but decided against it, preferring to just risk scuffling with him despite him having a weapon. Would you have hurt him in the preservation of your property or would you have left the flat and simply phoned the police?
I immediately tackled the guy and fumbled to get my phone out of my pocket to call 999, during this he slipped out from underneath me and climbed over the balcony to my front room, I ran down the stairs and saw him trying to climb out of my third floor window, I dragged him back inside as despite the idiot trying to steal my things I didn't want him to break his neck. He swings round and starts to pull something out of his back pocket and evidently thinks flight wasn't working it's time to fight, i simply screamed at him to just get out and he scarpers.
My question is, what would you do if you walked in on a burglar? I had many opportunitys to seriously hurt him or incapicate him but decided against it, preferring to just risk scuffling with him despite him having a weapon. Would you have hurt him in the preservation of your property or would you have left the flat and simply phoned the police?