Woman awakes to machete-wielding teen in her home, fleeing with arm wounds after attack in Kirkby, Merseyside.
The incident happened around 8:30 AM on September 2, 2024, in Kirkby, Merseyside. Banging and glass breaking startled her awake. She looked outside and saw a broken window.
The teen knelt on her conservatory roof, holding a machete right outside her window. The woman panicked. She yelled at him to leave and tried hitting him with a picture frame, but then she saw the machete.
She fled to her neighbor’s house, already hurt. She had three arm wounds, and there was blood everywhere.
Logan Brown had been attacked at a party earlier. He climbed onto the roof after, then got inside the house and barricaded himself in the front room, using furniture to block the door. Witnesses overheard him yelling that people were after him and would kill him, as reported by The Liverpool Echo.
Police arrived and arrested Brown by pulling him through the window. He had white powder near his nose and tested positive for ketamine.
He said he was attacked earlier, claiming “loads of lads” attacked him, two with machetes. He disarmed one of them and then went to the woman’s house.
Brown had a prior conviction from December 2023 for robbery and threatening behavior, resulting in a 12-month youth referral order.
He admitted in court to affray, having a blade, and criminal damage. He received 21 months in a facility.
The victim couldn’t walk well for weeks due to glass lodged in her feet. She now has flashbacks and nightmares. She lived happily in her home for 20 years and brought up her children there; her statement was read in open court.
She is thinking about moving now, as even the garden makes her nervous. Moving would break her heart.
Brown’s lawyer said he was “vulnerable” and had autism and ADHD, feeling “genuine terror” that night, having been drinking while taking drugs.
The judge spoke to Brown directly, stating he terrified the homeowner, who had no connection to him. He added Brown seemed more interested in taking drugs than seeking help and found no solid proof of autism or ADHD.