Hero dad performs a citizen's arrest on a woman after she allegedly broke into his family home with two other people
- Police were called to a home on Fernlea Place in Canley Heights on August 12
- Fairfield City officers received reports of a home invasion at about 4am
- The hero father apprehended a woman in her 30s before police arrested her
- Two other trespassers were able to flee the scene, running away from the house
A hero dad asleep at home with his two children has performed a citizen's arrest on a woman after she and two others allegedly broke into his family home.
Police were called to the property on Fernlea Place in Canley Heights, a suburb in Sydney's west, at about 4am on August 12 after receiving reports of a home invasion.
Three people allegedly broke into the residence before the owner confronted them and detained a woman in her 30s.
Three people allegedly broke into a house on Fernlea Place in Canley Heights (pictured)
A woman in her 30s was arrested by police but her two alleged accomplices fled the scene on foot (stock)
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The two other alleged trespassers ran away from the scene on foot.
The man was at home with a woman and two children when the break in took place.
Fairfield City Police officers attended the scene and arrested the woman before taking her to Liverpool Hospital as a precautionary measure.
