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Fahad Tariq & Ashley Summerfield

Mum locked up by police after using hammer to fight off intruder to 'protect' her son

A mum has spent eight hours in a prison cell after attacking an intruder who 'threatened her child'.

Bethany Leese, 21, used a hammer in 'self-defence' when four people turned up at her house in Milton, Stoke-on-Trent Live reports.

The incident saw two properties on Millrise Road cordoned off, with police remaining at the scene for six hours.

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