UK Crime: Tories Vow To Protect "Have-A-Go Heroes."

Unlike the Labour Party, which has a tendency to arrest and even jail them.

There are a string of examples of have-a-go heroes ending up in the cells. These include Paul Catlow, 25, who stood up to teenagers intimidating his family in Sidcup, Kent.

After his mother was threatened, he performed a citizen's arrest on one of the youths.

He decided not to call the police when the teenager agreed to apologise, and took the boy to his mother's house to do so.

The next day, Mr Catlow was charged with assault and kidnap. He spent six days in jail and was put on trial. The case was thrown out due to lack of evidence.

There have been warnings by a number of experts, including the Government's own anti-social behaviour tsar, that Britain is in danger of becoming a 'walk on by' society.

In a report ordered by Downing Street, Louise Casey said people are terrified they will be attacked themselves or face arrest.

In the article mention is made of Munir Hussain, who with some relatives beat a robber to the point of brain damage. He's in prison to this day, even though he had a clean criminal record for nearly 50 years. Hussain shouldn't have been placed in that situation; if the robber had been jailed for any of the dozens of crimes that he had been charged with, the situation would never have come up.

Update: Munir Hussain has been freed by the UK Court of Appeal.

Update 2: Belatedly, the Labour Party realizes that jailing people who defend themselves from criminals is probably not the best way to enjoy good relations with the public.