A BRADFORD student was struck 16 blows to the head in a frenzied and vicious hammer attack in the street, a jury has heard.

Rehan Ajmal suffered severe head injuries when he was “whacked and whacked” with the weapon by Taiyub Imran who told passers-by: “Lucky I don’t do more damage,” it is alleged.

Imran, 22, of Spring Bank Place, Manningham, Bradford, denies wounding Mr Ajmal with intent to do him grievous bodily harm.

The jury at Bradford Crown Court has been told that he admits unlawful wounding and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place.

Mr Ajmal, a student at Bradford University, was attacked on Manningham Lane at 8.15pm on June 28, 2014.

He told the jury Imran, who was a stranger to him, stared aggressively, puffed out his chest and demanded to know what he was staring at.

After going into his house, Imran produced a hammer from his hooded top.

The men went off separately down Manningham Lane but bumped into one another round a corner.

Mr Ajmal said he was turning to walk away from the confrontation when he was attacked.

“I felt five or six blows, all of a sudden. I was terrified. I started to bleed profusely. All the blows were to the back of my head. They were vicious and violent and very hard, designed to cause serious harm,” he said.

He crouched down and covered his head with his hands.

Mr Ajmal was taken by ambulance to Bradford Royal Infirmary where his wounds were glued and bandaged. He has been left with permanent scarring to his head and he suffered defensive wounds to his hands and an injury to his back.

Imran told the jury he was frightened because Mr Ajmal threatened him.

He picked up the hammer from a box of broken tools to scare him.

He said Mr Ajmal confronted him and threatened to rip out his eyes.

“I punched him first a few times and then I used the hammer,” he said.

Prosecutor Kate Batty accused Imran of hitting Mr Ajmal 16 times on the head with the hammer.

Imran said he punched him twice in the face before using the weapon.

“I was just swinging it and his head was just there,” he said.

“It was adrenalin. It was like something just took over.”

Imran denied using full force with the weapon.

“You whack and you whack and you whack. How much harder could you have tried to seriously hurt him?” Mrs Batty asked.

Imran replied: “I don’t know.”

The trial continues.