A MILLIONAIRE who beat up a burglar for threatening to kill his family was jailed yesterday - while the thief was let-off.
Munir Hussain, 52, returned from prayers with his wife and three children to find Walid Salem, 56, had broken into his home with two others.


The masked knifeman told the family to lie on the floor with their hands behind their backs and said they would die if they moved.



But the court heard one of Mr Hussain's sons escaped and alerted his father's brother Tokeer, 35, who lived nearby. When Salem realised the alarm had been raised he fled. But the brothers and two other men caught him and used a cricket bat, a pole and a hockey stick to attack him.


Salem suffered brain damage and was medically unable to enter a plea to a charge of false imprisonment. He was given a two-year supervision order. He has 54 previous convictions.


Munir Hussain, of High Wycombe, Bucks, was jailed for 30 months and Tokeer got 39 months for assault causing grievous bodily harm. Judge John Reddihough told Reading Crown Court: "The attack was totally unnecessary and a very violent revenge attack on a defenceless man."