An 87-year-old girl who woke to discover a stranger standing over her mattress fought him off after which fed him after he informed her he was “awfully hungry”.

Marjorie Perkins was asleep when her teenage attacker entered her residence within the city of Brunswick, Maine, round 2am on 26 July.

As she awoke, the younger man, who had taken off his trousers, informed her he was going to chop her.

“I thought to myself, ‘If’s he’s going to cut, then I’m going to kick’, so I jumped into my shoes,” she informed Brunswick Times Record.

Ms Perkins grabbed a chair to make use of as a protect, however was struck on the cheek and brow throughout the encounter.

Eventually, {the teenager} grew drained and went into the kitchen, the place he revealed he was “awfully hungry” and “hadn’t had anything to eat for quite a while”.

So, Ms Perkins gave him a field of peanut butter and honey crackers, two protein drinks and two tangerines.

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She referred to as 911 and was speaking to an operator when {the teenager} collected his trousers and left.

He left behind a knife, a shirt, a pair of footwear and a water bottle containing alcohol, she stated.

The teenager was arrested close by after being tracked by police canines.

He faces costs of housebreaking, prison threatening, assault and underage consuming.

Ms Perkins, who has turn into a little bit of a world superstar because the assault, stated she nonetheless feels protected within the residence the place she’s lived for 42 years, however worries about rampant crime.

“I think our law has just folded up,” she stated.

“People aren’t afraid of anything anymore. They feel they can do as they please.”