Dlamond-Lobbies wrote

WhiteSoul wrote From my personal experience of this I'd like to let you know the laws arent 100% accurate as they said it was.

When I lived in Reading, our house was broken into (my parents where out so I was on my own) I heard noises down stairs so I grabbed my bat next to my bed went down there was a bloke there same ish height as me and build so I put it down, I allowed him to hit me first so I threw back with my weight he ran out with 100gbp worth of stuff (not much at all) The police sure enough found him hiding in a skip.. got my money back and he apologised. So as long as you don't cause them a huge amount of damage it's fine!

Having a bat / weapon next to your bed is actually pre meditated and i know someone who got in a sticky situation with the law because of it

While this is technically true, no jury or judge would ever rule in the burglars favor. Not to mention in my state in the U.S, coming face to face with a burglar in your dwelling falls under the "stand your ground" law... not predmediated.