Mamma mia!

The Italians are changing sides:

A committee headed by a leading prosecutor is currently drawing up proposals for a wide-ranging reform of the penal code. Addressing an electoral meeting on Saturday, Mr Castelli said: "In the new penal code, we shall be changing the concept of legitimate defence, which today is too far unbalanced in favour of the criminal, to the detriment of honest people."

In this country you can only get physical with your neighbourhood burglar if you can show in a court of law that your use of force was proportional with the physical threat posed to you personally by the crook. Or some such.

Punching his lights out because he was repeatedly walking in and out of your house removing all of your stuff is out of the question.

Can we suddenly expect an influx of Italian gangsters into the UK looking for easier pickings? Frankly I don't think so. We are pretty much at saturation point over here and trying to muscle in would be more trouble than it's worth.

Posted by JohnJo at April 20, 2004 10:42 AM | TrackBack