A 15-year-old boy who stabbed a burglar in a scuffle inside his West Auckland home has escaped charges.
The schoolboy and his father apprehended the 19-year-old intruder after finding him robbing their Henderson property on July 28.
A source told The Herald the intruder tried to escape the house after hearing the boy's father.
He jumped out of a window, landing on the 15-year-old.
The older teenager was stabbed in an ensuing scuffle.