Never judge a book by it\'s cover. It\'s amazing how I avoid a lot of confrontations by the way I look (tall, big shoulders, etc), and while I have martial arts training, I\'ve seen some little guys get into crap at bars and then beat the crap outta the guy bothering them. I think that being beaten up and killed is a reasonable possibility for anyone breaking into someones house with force, so I would say no charges should be laid, even if he had to follow them a short distance to stop them.