Dad who knocked out burglar raiding his home spends FOUR months under police investigation
By Paul Harper - The Daily Star
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Danny Crawford, 38, put crook Michael Carr in hospital after confronting him but ended up being arrested himself.
The case has echoes of the stabbing death of burglar Henry Vincent in Hither Green, London, after he raided Richard Osborn-Brooks’ home.
He revealed his pregnant partner Kate Fowler, 37, woke him in the dead of night to say someone was burgling their home on December 27 last year.
Their baby daughter Freya was in her bed upstairs at the time and the house in Hull was full of Xmas presents.
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But when police arrived following the incident in the early hours of December 27 last year they arrested Crawford on suspicion of ABH.
He said he was in “shock and disbelief” after spending “14 hours” in a cell.
“They locked me up about 6am and I got home at 8pm the next night,” he said.
"We didn't ask for this to happen.
“What I did was done in self-defence.
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BATTERED: Michael Carr was knocked out and ended up in hospital
"All I wanted was to get my hard-earned possessions back.
“I’ve been constantly worrying about Kate and the baby.
"It's been a horrible, horrible four months.
“I feel like my life's in limbo."
Carr, who has 80 offences on his record, was yesterday jailed for a year after admitting burglary.
The court heard how Carr had filled baby Freya's changing bag with family possessions – including a PlayStation 4, a Samsung 4 mobile phone, jewellery, cash, a "distinctive" wallet, a pink purse and a heart-shaped box.
Carr's lawyer, Dale Brook, said during his sentencing hearing at Hull Crown Court: "It's clear he was badly beaten and I have no doubt many would think that was richly deserved, but it doesn't detract from the fact that was itself a form of punishment.
"He had to be taken in an ambulance to hospital and is described as being in not a good way by the police officers when they found him."
A Humberside Police spokeswoman said after Carr was jailed: "We are continuing to investigate the circumstances of this incident so it would be inappropriate to comment on any individual’s involvement in that investigation or go into further detail."
