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is my boyfriend going to get into trouble with the police??
ok so today when my partner was at work he said someone jumped in the back of their van and tried to steal their tools...... hes a roofer and his partner was up the ladder so he was standing gaurd at the bottom and the van wasnt far away... maybe 6 meters. so my partner heard a clatter so ran over to the van and there was a man in the back gathering tools! so my partner said he clobbered him over the head about 4 times with a heavy metal chain which was the first thing he could pick up. the man got up and ran off. then my partner and his work partner locked the van and went and sat in a nearby cafe at the church they were working on for a hot drink and something to eat, then a lady came in and said who hit the man over the head with a chain? and my partner told her it was him and she said the police were asking where yous were but i thought yous had gone home so i told them you had left..... so im sitting here worried there is going to be police at the door sometime soon and my partner is going to be arrested! am i worrying over nothing or could this be serious?
2 Answers
- Fear of the DarkLv 77 years ago
Difficult to answer.
It´s up to a judge (and later maybe a court) to state if he simple overreacted or if this kind force was "adequate"
to deal with this "situation"...
Btw. If the police knocks on your door to talk too your friend
this does not mean that he is arrested.
Fact is the police needs evidence so they will definitely want
to talk to your friend,
But this does not mean that he is arrested or even charged with a crime.
So don´t worry.
The worst thing that could happen right now is that the police knocks on your door and asks your friend to come to the police station to tell em "his version",
Usually you don´t have to follow imidiately,
So if you tell the officers that you will talk to them on the next day for example it usually should be fine.
- Anonymous7 years ago
It likely won't result in arrest, but, it's possible. Using something that can be considered as a weapon is a pretty serious offence, especially considering it wasn't even in self-defense. Most like scenario however, considering the 'victim' was stealing, your fella should be all good.
