“I think you have to leave a visible note for it to be legal.”

“No doubt in the age of diversity and equality the notice will have to be in several languages, as well as Braille, and be illuminated so that it can seen in the dark. You will also need to conduct a risk assessment, provide a "method of working" statement, provide an audio version of the notice for those who are illiterate, a 'feedback' form for your 'customer' to report on the quality of your information, make sure that all your traps are CE marked, and try to ensure that the persons who get trapped represent an ethnic cross-section of your neighbourhood.”

“......this is a wind-up is it not....?? Where do you live BTW??”

“Lol i was hoping the burglar could not read and anyway i was hoping to catch them not warn them thats what alarms and dogs are for”

“@clarysage50 Whats is a wind up when your home is being violated”

“The safest way would be to use some kind of giant humane mousetrap. Put a tempting morsel of mince pie on the lever part, voila! You'll either catch your burglar soaked in their own urine upon your return or you will have suffocated Santa. Still, nevermind the poor kids eh! Aslong as your house is safe!”

“Oh this sound fun. Please leave an address so I can put my Ninja suit on and see how far I get.”

“Iv also placed small planks with 6inc nails and screws on every other step leading to the upper landing and down to the basement with a smear of butter on every other step god forbid if anyone slipped i think i should of used goose fat as its xmas, i dont want to spend to much on the rotton scroundrels,just incase they gat a grip iv lased the banister with size 6 sea fishing hooks and i have blackout blinds in every room in my house

I wont tell you what i have smeared the nails or the traps in as it is quiet un pleasent”

“Well, I think the hunting ban only covers hunting with dogs, so setting traps for bears should be perfectly OK providing the dog doesn't get involved.

The fish hooks should be fine too; you don't need a fishing licence on your own land.

BearTraps has made no attempt to place his traps on the market, so there is no legal obligation to CE-mark them.

Not sure about the dodgy planks though. Think that might contravene building regs.”

“Just in case you are seriously thinking otherwise - if you set traps with the intention of causing physical harm to an intruder, you would almost certainly be charged with a criminal offence because that would far exceed "reasonable force". Given that you've stated that you are actually targeting people you suspect or know are likely to enter your property, you could face far more serious charges - up to and including murder.

If nothing else, you have to appreciate that whilst you are away, there could be genuine, lawful reasons for someone to enter your home - the fire brigade being just one obvious suggestion.”

“It's only a criminal offence if you get caught. If somebody gets hurt inside your property you need to get there before the Police and finish them off, then it's just the simple matter of disposal.”

“@burningwords Wow u r not playing i understand about the fire brigade he will have to buy some sprinklers but dont no much about the law in the great britian but i no it was banned in scotland in the 1800s is it the same in great britian god forbid if the police ran that mans house bvlind pmsl”

“burningwords Wow u r not playing i understand about the fire brigade he will have to buy some sprinklers but dont no much about the law in the great britian but i no it was banned in scotland in the 1800s is it the same in great britian,God forbid if the police ran in to that mans house blind pmsl Previous comment keyboard mistake.”