He was released from prison in 2003 Credit: Andrew Parsons/PA Tony Martin “did what he had to do to protect himself ... he’d been done so many times before, so you can’t blame him.” ...

He added: "It must have been scary for him with intruders, he’d been done so many times before, so you can’t blame him." Martin, who died on February 2, was charged with murder following ...

Farmer Tony ... you do everything you could probably to get out of it and say, this happened and they attacked me or something like that. “But what I’m saying is he’s really a very straight guy from ...

Farmer Tony Martin who shot and killed ... Mr Starr, who handled Mr Martin's relations with the media, added: 'I still maintain, how do you know how anyone would react until you're faced with ...

Farmer Tony Martin ... Mr Starr, who handled Martin’s relations with the media, added: “I still maintain, how do you know how anyone would react until you’re faced with it?

Tony Martin shot one burglar dead and left another seriously wounded (Sean Dempsey/PA) Mr Starr, who handled Martin’s relations with the media, added: “I still maintain, how do you know how ...

The surviving burglar who was shot by Tony Martin has broken ... Mr Starr, who handled Mr Martin's relations with the media, added: 'I still maintain, how do you know how anyone would react ...

Convicted killer Tony Martin ... the incident, Martin said: "I've always said when people get into exceptional circumstances which are beyond the norm, the law should leave you alone.

Tony Martin - a farmer who shot dead a teenage burglar ... I'm going to look after myself,” he said. “If you think I'm going to stand there and ask them what they're doing, I'm not that ...

Martin served three years in prison for shooting Fred Barras, 16, at his home in Emneth Hungate, Norfolk, in 1999. Norfolk farmer Tony Martin ... if you go in that situation, you do everything ...