Police arrested a stranger who was found inside a child’s bedroom in a Christchurch house in the early hours of Sunday morning.<\/p>\n
Officers were called to the property in Wigram after the people who lived at the house discovered the intruder.<\/p>\n
In a post on social media, the mother said she was woken in the night by a strange man in her two-year-old’s bedroom.<\/p>\n
“Im thankful my partner dragged him out to the hallway and got him down on the ground so I could grab my son and call the police,” she said.<\/p>\n
“I never thought something like this would happen to us so it has been a very scary traumatic lesson and I am now absolutely petrified to be in my home.”<\/p>\n
The mother said she was investing in alarms and cameras as a result of the break in.<\/p>\n
Police said the man received medical attention and no charges had been laid.<\/p>\n
St John said a person was taken to Christchurch Hospital in a moderate condition.<\/p>\n
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