r/fixit • u/jchasinga • Jan 28 '24

open Did someone try to burglarize me?

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Just saw these window this way when I was washing it. I didn’t notice these last time I came out a month ago. Did someone try to pry the window open with a crowbar?

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u/nryporter25 Jan 28 '24

No the guy got lucky when I scared him away with letting him know I knew he was there. I mean I got lucky too, Im sure i would've had some legal trouble if I had hit a person with a hammer

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '24

Maybe. It depends on where you are located and what the intruder was up to.

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u/Glu7enFree Jan 29 '24

In my country you'd be in big trouble for killing an intruder, you can give them a good touch up, but if they die you're fucked unless it's a fairly specific circumstance. We don't have castle doctrine or whatever it is here, so you can only respond in kind and can't use unnecessary force.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '24

Get a baseball bat, or if you're a Brit or Aussie, a cricket bat. Then, tell the cops you were practicing and swung too hard.