[shazamjad]

Couldn't agree more - in fact a group actually did stand up to them:

http://hackneycitizen.co.uk/2011/08/09/turkish-shopkeepers-s...

It's only recently in the UK that the law now favours the right to defend yourself and your property; before there was a perception of criminals having more rights having broken into your home than you ever did.

[Gupie]

Has there been a change to the law? Can you give a reference please. I thought UK law has always allowed reasonable force to be used in defending your property..