A 51-year-old mother   fought off an intruder after finding him standing over her young daughter. Fiona, 51, said she knew the assailant had 'picked the wrong lady' as she became overwhelmed with maternal instincts and pushed him from her Perth home on Thursday night. 'I said, 'It's all right, stay there' and I rushed him,' she told Nine News. Scroll down for video . 51-year-old Fiona fought off an intruder after finding him standing over her young daughter on Thursday night . She said seeing her child in danger gave her a boost of courage. 'When it's your child, you don't think of that. 'It's not brave, it's just what you do,' she added. Fiona said she and a friend were initially concerned after hearing someone cutting into the fly screen at her front door. She said when she saw the man, standing with his hand raised over her daughter's head, she pushed him, forcing him down the hall way. Fiona said she and a friend were initially concerned after hearing someone cutting into the fly screen at her front door . As she was trying to push the unidentified assailant out the door Fiona fell and bashed her face on the doorway . As she was trying to push the unidentified assailant out the door Fiona fell and bashed her face on the doorway. She was left with heavy purple bruising around her right eye. Fiona said the man, who had a thick, possibly Middle Eastern accent, fled easterly down Hobbs Avenue. Fiona was left with heavy purple bruising around her right eye. Police later discovered two cars in Fiona's street were broken into and garden tools were stolen from her backyard earlier that day. It is unknown if the thefts were related. Police said there has been a spike in thefts in the Como area and urge anyone who sees suspicious behaviour to contact authorities immediately. Police said there has been a spike in thefts in the Como area and urge anyone who sees suspicious behaviour to contact authorities immediately.
Fiona fought off an intruder after finding him standing over her daughter . She was alerted to the break in after she heard him cut the fly screen . Fiona pushed the man down the hallway and out her front door . She bashed her head on the doorway, leaving her with a black eye . Police say there have been a spike in break in's around Como . The unidentified man is still at large .