Prime Minister Jean Chrétien told reporters he was lucky to have his wife, Aline, on the case when a knife-wielding intruder broke into their home.
But that was, perhaps, an understatement — as it was an alert Aline Chrétien who woke up, spotted the uninvited guest and took swift steps to protect her husband and herself.
The RCMP, on the other hand, had missed the intruder's actual entry onto the grounds of 24 Sussex Drive and into the residence itself.
"I could not believe what she was telling me," the prime minister told reporters, when describing what his wife told him was happening in their home during the early hours of Nov. 5, 1995.
Jean Chrétien said Aline heard a noise, which sounded like someone walking inside the house, and went to check it out.
