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Tony Martin hasn't returned to home where he shot burglar in 15 years incase it happens again
Mr Martin, 69, turned his shotgun on two burglars who broke into his rural farmhouse in Norfolk in August 1999
Tony Martin, the farmer jailed for shooting dead a burglar, hasn’t returned to his home in 15 years - because he fears history may repeat itself.
Mr Martin, 69, turned his shotgun on two burglars who broke into his rural farmhouse in Norfolk in August 1999.
He killed 16 year-old Fred Barras and left accomplice Brendan Fearon, then 28, seriously injured.
[Caught in the act: Dopey burglar stares directly at CCTV camera he later steals]
[Burglar caught after dropping prison release papers during a break-in – on the day he left jail]
Martin was convicted of murder by a jury but in 2003 it was reduced to manslaughter and his sentence was cut to five years by the Appeal Court.
He said yesterday he has still not moved back into the isolated farmhouse at Emneth because he fears history may repeat itself.
The farmer said he has lived with friends and in hotels since his release from prison and accused police of failing to tackle rural crime.
He said: 'I still haven't been back in my house. I don't relish the idea of going back in there, getting arrested and going to prison again.
'The police are in denial. I tell people don't bother with them. It all goes in one ear and out the other - it's a waste of time.'
The case sparked a national debate about how much force was reasonable when it came to defending your home.
It led to the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) releasing new guidelines stating that a householder can use 'reasonable force' to protect themselves against crime.
Mr Martin says he is glad some good has come from the time he was forced to serve behind bars.
[Homeowner who caught thieves on camera told to take footage offline - because he didn't get criminals' consent]
[Jailed: Creepy burglar who stalked pensioner's living room and stole her possessions as she slept]
He added: 'I might have done a bit of good for mankind then.
'There was such a public outcry, it pushed them into a corner where they felt like they ought to do something.
