Oi, you can't do that to us

This from Ian. A farmer discharged a shotgun during an attempted robbery at his home. The attitude of the criminals as they fled (how often do they flee these days) seems to have been one of incredulity:

"They sped away and had the cheek to say they were going to phone the police."

The criminals in this case have no fear of the police, they are breaking the law in the first place by being on the farm and trying to nick a quad bike, they try to use their car as a weapon and when someone returns fire they feel that the police & the law will be on their side. In this case they may be proved wrong the police have asked the farmer and are happy that he was acting in self-defense and are now looking for the real criminals, but is does show just how well protected the criminals feel in this country.