Police allege {the teenager}, captured on a neighbour’s safety digicam, entered the property round 9.15pm.
Mom-of-two Kristy Dunlop instructed 9News her six-year-old son ”actually witnessed his worst nightmare”.
The 43-year-old sufferer had arrived dwelling together with her husband round 9pm final evening and so they had by chance left the storage door up.
Whereas she was placing her son to mattress moments later, she heard a noise and located a stranger in her kitchen unplugging a laptop computer.
“I got here out and confronted him and grabbed him, he kind of yelled to let him go,” Dunlop mentioned.
“We have struggled down the hallway, he dropped my laptop computer,” she recalled.
Dunlop claims he then dealt her a “huge whack to the top” with the mallet.
Dunlop was taken to Royal Perth Hospital, the place she acquired six staples to a wound in her head.
“I feel in actuality I am fortunate, it might have been loads worse – it might have been my youngsters,” she mentioned.
“My six-year-old, who has bother sleeping as a result of he is afraid of somebody coming into the home or breaking in, has now actually witnessed his worst nightmare and that is actually exhausting as a guardian.”
Police say {the teenager} allegedly assaulted the mother-of-two, then stole a cell phone and automotive keys earlier than taking off.
Dunlop’s husband “charged after” the teenager down the road.
The police have since positioned the cell phone at a close-by handle on Armadale Street in Rivervale.
Police have taken {the teenager} into custody whereas their inquiries proceed.