Law Will Back Citizens Who Have a Go to Stop Criminals Pledges Straw

Daily Mail › September 27, 2007

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THE law on self-defence will be rewritten to give citizens the confidence to intervene if they witness a crime, Jack Straw is to announce today.

The Justice Secretary will revive a pledge, dropped by Tony Blair in 2005, to offer greater legal protection to those who fear they could fall foul of the authorities if they step in to help.

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Law Will Back Citizens Who Have a Go to Stop Criminals Pledges Straw

Mr Straw will draw on his own experiences as a 'have-a-go hero', and tell the Labour conference in Bournemouth that he has tackled criminals on four occasions - resulting i...

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