Whip-wielding dad takes out gate crashers.

Australia: The guy tries to protect his home and family from 30+ thugs and he may be facing charges of excessive force? Australian justice.

A MARAUDING gang of teenage gatecrashers got more than they bargained for when an angry householder used a whip to eject them from his 16-year-old son's party. Dion Driman pulled out a South African sjambok when more than 30 youths attempted to storm into the party at the rear of his home at Wahroonga in Sydney's north. Now he may face police charges for using excessive force to drive the youths from his home last Saturday night. "I told them it was a private party and to clear off but this big youth put his face right into mine and said: 'make me'," said Mr Driman, 46. The gang split into two groups and entered the house at the front and side, kicking a screen door off its hinges in the process. Mr Driman, the only adult at his son's party, confronted the ringleader as he came around the side of the house. "As I tackled him, six of them came over the top of me. I received a big hit to the side of my head," said Mr Driman. "It happened really quickly." His son Brennan said: "There were six or seven really big, buff guys on top of my dad, hitting him. I had to try and pull him out." As he got clear Mr Driman started using the sjambok - a 1.5metre plastic whip like the traditional rhino hide whips used by South African herdsmen. NSW Police could not comment on the incident yesterday but a spokesman told the local paper Mr Driman had the right to defend himself - the question was whether he had used too much force. "All I would suggest, if a situation arises again, leave it to the police to handle," he said.