Rejected petition Allow the pensioner who stabbed an intruder to be released without charge.

Officers were called to reports of a burglary in progress after two men entered a house in South Park Crescent in Hither Green, south-east London, the Metropolitan Police said.
One suspect, armed with a screwdriver, forced the 78-year-old home-owner into his kitchen when he discovered them.

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Date submitted 4 April 2018
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