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Radio 4,22 Nov 2012,28 mins

Burglary Victims Who Fight Back

The Report

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The Report is a current affairs series combining original insights into major news stories with topical investigations. Today Melanie Abbott asks what happens when victims of burglary come face to face with an intruder in their home and fight back. How does the legal process work? Are they treated as sympathetically as Justice Secretary, Christopher Grayling, thinks they should be? And what might result if the current law is strengthened?

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