I was attacked with a HAMMER by stranger on a night out – I had no idea why until I woke up scarred in hospital bed
STARING in a hospital mirror, Jayde Logan broke down in tears after a brutal hammer attack by a total stranger left her ‘looking like Quasimodo’ from Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Kaya Price, 24, launched a horrific assault on the 31-year-old, from Newport, Wales, in a jealous rage over an ex, after spotting the pair together at a party.
Jayde sustained serious head injuries and was scarred for life after being struck with two heavy blows to her face.
In January, Price pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm at Newport Crown Court and is due to be sentenced in May.
Jayde says: “Kaya could’ve blinded me.
“I’ve been left with a horrible scar on my forehead and constant headaches.
Split over fights
Jayde met her now ex in October 2020 while out celebrating her 29th birthday with friends.
The travel agency boss confided in him about the struggles she’d had with her business during the Covid lockdown.
They started dating but just five months later, in April 2021, the pair started arguing.
Jayde explains: “I’d lost thousands and eventually my business was forced to close.
“I was really stressed and depressed. Eventually it was all too much, so we split up.”
A month after the split, when Covid restrictions were lifted, Jayde bumped into her ex at a house party.
She says: “We went outside to talk and both realised we’d missed each other and decided to make up and get back together.
“But when we hugged, I heard a girl shouting my name in the street but I had no idea who she was.”
After hearing the shouts, Jayde says her ex scarpered.
Then, out of nowhere, she says the same woman emerged from the next block of flats, marched up to her and started screaming at her, “Come on then” and “Fight me”.
Jayde says: “I had no idea who she was and asked her what she was doing.
“Suddenly, she saw red, grabbed me and whacked me in the head with something shiny.”
As Jayde recoiled, the girl hit her again in the side of the jaw and that’s when she realised her attacker was wielding a hammer.
She adds: “My head was pounding and blood poured from it.
“My friends yelled at her to stop and managed to restrain her.
“By this point, I was seeing stars and struggled to stand, then I heard sirens, before passing out.”
Horror injuries
When Jayde woke up, she was in The Grange University Hospital in Cwmbran and, because of Covid-19 restrictions, she was all alone.
She says: “I couldn’t stop crying. I was badly concussed and had the worst headache.
“When I went to the bathroom and looked in the mirror for the first time, I broke down.
“My face was swollen and wonky and my left eye had completely fused shut.
“I was a mess. I looked like Quasimodo.”
My face was swollen and wonky and my left eye had completely fused shut.
Jayde Logan
Soon after, the consultant arrived and explained how Jayde had suffered a head injury and received 14 stitches, and told her she was lucky she wasn’t blinded in the horrific attack.
Later that day, when two police officers came to take her statement, she was told Price has been arrested at the scene.
Jayde says: “I’d never seen her before in my life and her name didn’t ring any bells. I wondered why she’d targeted me.”
Love rival’s jealous rage
It wasn’t until two days later, when Jayde was discharged, she learned why thug Price had targeted her.
A mutual friend told Jayde that Kaya fancied her ex and wanted to be with him so, when she saw the pair hugging outside the party, she saw red.
Jayde says: “I couldn’t believe she’d attacked me over a boy. She was evil.”
While Jayde recovered from her injuries, her ex bombarded her with calls and texts asking if she was OK.
But Jayde blocked his number, unable to forgive him for fleeing the scene instead of protecting her from her violent love rival.
Despite her arrest, Price was initially freed, leaving Jayde terrified to leave the house for fear of bumping into her.
Traumatised, she moved away from the area in June 2021 and tried to move on with her life.
In November that year, Price was finally charged with wounding with intent, which she denied, leaving Jayde with the prospect of having to face her in court.
Jayde says: “The thought of giving evidence made me feel sick.”
Scary meeting
While she awaited trial, Jayde forced herself to socialise again, and slowly started going out with friends.
In January this year Kaya Price pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm at Newport Crown Court. She’s due to be sentenced in May.
Jayde says: “I was relieved I wouldn’t have to go through a trial.
“I just hope I get justice for what she put me through. She could’ve blinded me – or worse.”