The Vincent family have been described by The Times as a "family of career criminals [who] have a string of convictions for targeting elderly householders".I’m glad burglar Henry Vincent is dead, says victim. David Brown & Harry Holmes, The Times, 7 April 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018. They are part of a Romanichal community living in the London Borough of Bromley, England.Burglar Henry Vincent laid to rest in hail of obscenities and punches. Will Humphries, The Times, 4 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
In 2011, Henry Vincent (born c. 1959) was jailed with his son, Henry Vincent Jr., for defrauding an 81 year old man by showing him a handful of maggots that he had brought with him to convince his victim that the joists of his roof were rotten.Henry Vincent: Missiles thrown during funeral procession for burglar stabbed by pensioner during break-in. Lizzie Dearden, The Independent, 3 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018. In April 2018, his wife Rosemary purchased the grade II listed Snagbrook House in Hollingbourne, Kent, from Dudley Wright for £325,000 compared with a market value estimated by The Times to be £1.7 million.Family of stabbed burglar Henry Vincent buys mansion at fraction of its value. John Simpson, The Times, 3 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
In April 2018, Henry Vincent junior died after he was stabbed by a pensioner whose home in Hither Green he was robbing with another man. The case caused a national sensation in which the ability of home-owners to defend themselves against intruders was debated after the homeowner was arrested on suspicion of murder. He was later released.
Also in April 2018, David Vincent and his son also David, an uncle and cousin of Henry Vincent junior, were jailed for defrauding a homeowner.Relatives of Hither Green burglar Henry Vincent jailed for conning elderly man out of £6k. The Telegraph, 27 April 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
See also Castle doctrine Defence of property Self-defence in English law Tony Martin (farmer)
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External links The Daily Telegraph