A loud banging noise alerted a woman to the presence of a drug-fuelled teenager armed with a machete on her conservatory roof. The shocking incident occurred at around 8:30 am on September 2, 2024, at the woman’s home in Kirkby, Merseyside.
The victim, a grandmother whose identity has not been revealed, was lying in bed when she heard the sound of glass shattering. Upon opening her blinds, she discovered a teenager kneeling on the roof of her conservatory, just below her, holding a machete. The grandmother initially panicked and shouted at the teenager to leave. Prosecutor Henry Rider told Liverpool Crown Court that she attempted to defend herself by hitting him with a picture frame.
However, upon noticing the weapon in his hands, she fled in fear to a neighbour’s house. It was only then that she realized she had sustained three “sizeable arm wounds,” with blood covering her body. Logan Brown, the 17-year-old attacker, had reportedly been attacked earlier at a party before climbing onto the roof of the victim’s house. After entering the property, he barricaded himself inside the front room by piling furniture against the door, reported the Express.
Witnesses reported hearing Brown shouting, “They’re coming to get me, they’re after me,” and “Help me, they’re going to kill me, I’m being chased,” as he holed up inside the house. Police managed to arrest him by pulling him through a living room window. Upon arrest, officers discovered white powder around Brown’s nostrils, and a drug test revealed he had tested positive for ketamine.
Brown told authorities he had been attacked by a group of men at the party earlier that evening, two of whom were armed with machetes. After disarming one of the attackers, he fled to the grandmother’s house. Brown, who has a previous conviction for robbery and threatening behaviour, admitted to charges of affray, possession of a bladed article, and criminal damage in court on Wednesday, February 26. He was sentenced to 21 months in a young offenders’ institute.
The victim shared her trauma in a court statement, revealing she had been “unable to walk properly for weeks” due to glass embedded in her feet. She also described how the attack left her with “constant flashbacks and nightmares,” and that she was now considering leaving her home of 20 years.
In his defence, lawyer Julian Nutter suggested Brown was “vulnerable” due to autism and ADHD, and had been in a state of “genuine terror” from drinking and drug use. However, Judge Denis Watson KC rejected this claim, emphasizing that Brown’s actions were driven by drug use rather than his alleged conditions. The judge told Brown, “You effectively terrified a householder who had no connection with you whatsoever.”
