one of my friends who's apartment got broken into only stole stuff from his room, the others were fine, and they also had xbox 360 and laptops
the cops caught the f****r who admitted to 20 other thefts, but he sold all the stuff and had no money so he couldn't pay compensation

the law here favours criminals more than victims, it's a well known fact

you get prosecuted if a criminal gets hurt while robbing your house... how lame is that???

anyway, i should at some point look into doing what your friend did. i'll stick posters up saying that i'm watching them too. although i wonder if i'd get prosecuted for that. something along the lines of filming without consent...

i still like my sleep gas idea... surely a non-leathal and non-injury-inflicting defence wouldn't get me prosecuted... but you never know...