A DISABLED Wodonga man has told of his shock at finding a hooded intruder inside his home during a violent foiled burglary attempt.
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Glenn Murray, 55, has epilepsy and Parkinson's after suffering a stroke during brain surgery in 2009.
He has mobility problems and shakes, and relies on a disability pension.
Mr Murray said he assumes the woman who targeted his home on Monday afternoon had been searching for money to buy drugs.
"I was out shopping and came home," he said.
"I came in the back door, which was open, and when I got into the dining room there was someone in there with a hoodie and glasses.
"I pulled the hoodie off just to see if it was someone I knew.
"After she punched me a couple of times, I dragged her outside.
"She's very good and boxing and biting."
The woman pushed over the man as she tried to run from his home.
A taxi driver who had dropped Mr Murray off at his house tackled the woman to the ground after hearing his shouts for help.
Mr Murray was taken to hospital for about four hours and required a tetanus shot for the bite wound.
He lives with his 85-year-old mother, who is blind and deaf, and was glad she wasn't home at the time.
Blood spatters were still visible at the Lawrence Street house on Tuesday.
“I was travelling the world until the operation in 2009 and I've never experienced anything like this anywhere," he said.
The woman was arrested by police after being held by the taxi driver at the scene.
She was wearing black gloves, black tracksuit pants and a black hoodie, and was searched by police outside the home.
Senior Sergeant Chris Parr praised the actions of the "Good Samaritan" taxi driver.
"It's a low and callous act," he said of the offender.
"The taxi driver was very courageous.
"I wouldn't encourage people to tackle offenders but to observe what’s going on and call police.”
The 34-year-old Wodonga woman has been charged with assault and burglary.
