paulskinback

I moved away away from home a few years ago, but my brother, myself and my dad all used to work on our custom cars outside the front of our house while we lived there. We were known in the neighbourhood because of our cars and people used to drop round and discuss engines etc. One guy who lived locally and who we met at hot rod shows etc I hadn't seen for years, obviously. A nice guy who generously gave me a few parts for free - nothing untoward about him. My brother recently bumped into him and he had been in prison for the past 5 years....

In the middle of the night he had heard someone stealing his treasured motorbike and ran downstairs. Through the kitchen he grabbed the nearest kitchen knife, ran into the street and confronted the thief - who proceeded to drive straight for him and was going to run him down (and possibly kill him?). He hadn't seen the knife and it went into his chest, killing him.

My friend didn't know what to do so he got on his bike and rode straight to the police station to tell them, at which point they arrested him on the spot and he was tried and put in prison.

Am I posting this because I believe he stabbed the thief (which, even though i'm a pacifist I may have considered - however I think I would have chosen a bat instead of a knife - I don't like knives) or do I believe his story?

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