KZN dad: Why I shot robber

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Durban - A Clare Estate father is awaiting a court’s decision on whether he should be charged with murder after he shot dead a robber in a house robbery.

The Maharaj family was packing up after enjoying a Father’s Day braai on their front lawn when four men allegedly walked up the driveway and held them up at gunpoint. While the robbers were leaving shots rang out. One of the robbers was found dead on the driveway.

Home owner, Umesh Maharaj, who had been in the toilet during the ordeal, said six of his relatives, his son ,daughter and wife were robbed of their belongings.

Maharaj said his son-in-law and another relative had carried a 94-year-old aunt into their Renault Duster parked by the front door. Two men walked up to them and cocked their guns.

The men pistol whipped, kicked and robbed them. Two other robbers ran into the house and held up Maharaj’s daughter, wife, son and a relative. They made them go down on their knees. They ripped the jewellery off their necks and took wallets, handbags and phones.
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More at: http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/kzn-dad-why-i-shot-robber-2036858
 
Give that man a bells.....

and it would be nice to see a lawyer step up and help him stay the fsck out of jail.
 
My response to the judge would be: You give me one good reason why I should NOT have shot him? :erm:
 
Is that headline a trick question?
"Why I shot robber?" Wouldn't anyone in their right mind do the same faced with a similar situation?
I for one would do anything if it meant my family would be safe.

Can't believe that our dumb cops "took the television for fingerprinting to check if it was indeed stolen."
Cops are completely and utterly useless.
I also had a robbery a few years back. Muppets dusted for prints everywhere and all they did was make a mess.
 
He should be given an award not a sentence of any sorts.

I am tired of criminals being protected so much by the law. The criminals knew the potential risks of robbing someone and this time they lost that battle.

Far as I am concerned he should have shot them all dead.
 
shreez said:
Is that headline a trick question?
"Why I shot robber?" Wouldn't anyone in their right mind do the same faced with a similar situation?
I for one would do anything if it meant my family would be safe.
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I suspect it has to do with him shooting them whilst they were leaving - the point at which there was no longer any danger to the family.
 
Statistics show that robbers usually return your honour. I was merely skipping to the next round.
 
saor said:
I suspect it has to do with him shooting them whilst they were leaving - the point at which there was no longer any danger to the family.
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He opened the door slightly and saw a man standing over his wife with a gun to her head. He locked the door and grabbed his firearm from the safe. He could hear more screams and then shots. From a bedroom window overlooking the front door, driveway and balcony, Maharaj fired shots at the robbers.

“They were interrogating my family. They wanted the Renault car keys. What if they took the car with the old woman? What if they shot my relatives? I heard the gun shots and thought that my relatives had been shot. My family and I were in danger.
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I don't think he would get charged. Once you hear someone else firing off a gun, you can assume that they are a threat.

Crazy that you have to go through such lengths to defend yourself from getting charged for murdering a person who pointed a gun at your family.

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Looking at this part:
Maharaj said his son-in-law and another relative had carried a 94-year-old aunt into their Renault Duster parked by the front door. Two men walked up to them and cocked their guns.
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They were interrogating my family. They wanted the Renault car keys. What if they took the car with the old woman?
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I would say he is pretty safe from a conviction.
 
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Solarion said:
My response to the judge would be: You give me one good reason why I should NOT have shot him? :erm:
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If it's a liberal judge then he will no doubt inform you the perp is also a victim. A greater one at that given he was driven to commit crimes in desperation due to socio-economic injustices of the past.
 
konfab said:
I don't think he would get charged. Once you hear someone else firing off a gun, you can assume that they are a threat.

Crazy that you have to go through such lengths to defend yourself from getting charged for murdering a person who pointed a gun at your family.

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I would say he is pretty safe from a conviction.
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Really hope he doesn't get convicted.
Like you said, it's farking ridiculous that they're even entertaining that idea.

So the filth that comes into your "safe" haven and invades your private space (which, quite honestly, f**ks with your mind years after the fact - it's made me completely paranoid) get a slap on the wrist, and the innocent party gets grilled.
We should never have to deal with this $h1t in the first place.
 
Have yet to see any one convicted of killing a criminal in South Africa just chargers laid
 
i don't think he will be charged... i mean i was going to shoot myself!!! its self defense.
 
konfab said:
I don't think he would get charged. Once you hear someone else firing off a gun, you can assume that they are a threat.

Crazy that you have to go through such lengths to defend yourself from getting charged for murdering a person who pointed a gun at your family.

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I would say he is pretty safe from a conviction.
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But his life wasn't in immediate danger?
 
Bond said:
But his life wasn't in immediate danger?
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That is the problem here, if your life isnt in immediate danger then you are not allowed to shoot someone.
Still I would have shot them exactly like he did.
 
Bond said:
But his life wasn't in immediate danger?
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If you think someone else's life is in danger, you can kill. He rightfully thought his aunt was in the car they wanted to take at gunpoint.(I have no idea whether she was in the car when they wanted to take it or not).
 
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