A jealous transvestite who attacked the Polish wife of a man she fancied with her stiletto shoe is facing jail . Plagad Somian , 23 , began hassling Marek Pietrzycka , 45 , when she saw him walking with his wife Katarzyna in the street in Pattaya , a city on the east coast of Thailand known as a sex tourist hotspot . She reportedly told him to 'ditch the b**** and make the switch ' which annoyed Mrs Pietrzycka , 42 , who told Somian her husband was not interested before taking his hand and walking off . Katarzyne Pietrzycka , 42 , was attacked with a stiletto by a Thai transvestite jealous over her husband , leaving her bleeding heavily from her head ( right ) following the assault in the east coast Thai city of Pattaya . Transvestite Plagad Somian , 23 , has been arrested over the incident after allegedly flying into a jealous rage . Mrs Pietrzycka is comforted in hospital after the horror attack . She and her husband were trying to walk away . But as the couple tried to leave the brunette sex worker flipped , taking off her shoe and striking Pietrzycka in the face , knocking her to the ground and screaming : 'Do n't f***ing mess with me you ugly whore . ' Fellow tourist Oliver Kolar , 33 , told local TV : 'The ladyboy had been talking to the woman 's husband and she obviously did n't like it . 'The blonde started telling the man they were leaving , and the next thing you knew the ladyboy went mental , took off her shoe and smashed it into the woman 's face . 'She was swearing a lot and when she attacked , the blonde went down like a tonne of bricks and was lying on the floor with blood streaming down her face . 'The ladyboy then hit her again and that 's when the man , who I assumed was her husband , pulled her off . ' Police quickly arrived on the scene and arrested Somian , who was being calmed down by fellow transvestites . Local man Son-Ram Wonggoun , 42 , said : 'Foreigners are quite vulnerable around here and there have been a few incidents where they have been robbed or ripped off . The Polish tourist was struck in the face and knocked to the ground while on holiday in Pattaya , Thailand . Somian is detained . She reportedly shouted 'ditch the b**** and make the switch ' before launching the attack . 'But I have never seen anything like this . 'The local working girls and ladyboys are temperamental but are normally very good to tourists as that is their trade . 'Attacking one is bad news for everyone as it will give us a bad reputation . 'People wo n't come here and enjoy what 's on offer if they feel threatened by the prospect of violence . 'It was clear that this blond lady was on holiday with her man for sightseeing and not there for the other stuff . 'The ladyboy should have stayed away . ' A police spokesman said : 'She admitted attacking the woman but said she had done it in a fit of rage at being slighted . She said the Polish woman had insulted her . 'She has been charged with causing bodily harm and is being kept in detention pending trial . ' Pietrzycka was taken to Pattaya Memorial Hospital where she is now recovering after getting stitches for a cut head and treatment for bruising . Walking Street in the red light district of the Thai beach resort of Pataya , where the attack took place .
Plagad Somian , 45 , began hassling Marek Pietrzycka , 23 , in the street . He was walking with wife Katarzyna , 42 , in Pattaya , a city in east Thailand . Sex worker told Polish man to 'ditch the b**** and make the switch ' When he and his wife walked away , the transvestite 'flipped ' and attacked . Struck Ms Pietrzycka , yelling : 'Do n't f***ing mess with me you ugly whore ' Left the victim 'lying on the floor with blood streaming down her face ' Now charged with causing bodily harm and is being detained before trial .