What do you suggest he should have done Dennis? He was burgled by a team of three people, all with criminal records that included violence. One already had a conviction for burgling the same house. Another was only out on bail from another offence. The third interspersed his later busy criminal career with paid interviews from the BBC, and suing Tony Martin for "loss of earnings"! "Honour amongst thieves" in his mind meant taking a teenage apprentice along, then leaving him to die, being so fearful for his own skin that he didn't even tell the police his accomplice was lying wounded outside the house.
We're lucky that such fine fellows have you to defend them.