Two days after her home was ransacked by an intruder, a Bendigo grandmother says she remains to be scared to be in her house alone.
The person allegedly entered the house on Arnold Avenue in Bendigo North on Sunday morning and stole a purse and automotive keys earlier than the couple woke at about 2.30am.
Joanne Gray woke to the sound of somebody in the lounge and says she was compelled to defend herself with a baseball bat.
"The adrenaline simply hit once I realised he was in the home," she mentioned.
Her husband Clinton rushed to his spouse's assist by chasing the intruder exterior.
Police discovered him on a close-by shed roof a short while later and arrested him.
The 24-year-old Maiden Gully man has been charged with aggravated housebreaking, theft, theft of motorcar, resisting police, and possessing a managed weapon.
Dealing with court docket at this time, he made no utility for bail and he'll stay behind bars.
The person will face court docket once more in Bendigo subsequent month.