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Father and son chop off teenage burglar's finger after he breaks into their home

A dad and his son have been found not guilty over an attack that saw the tip of a teenage burglar's finger chopped off after he broke into their home.

William and Shaun Burr argued self defence at their trial in the High Court in Hamilton, New Zealand.

They had been charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, and wounding with intent to injure, maiming with intent to injure, and maiming with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

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