Man gouged out woman's eye and threw it from flat balcony

A man is to stand trial over claims he attempted to murder a woman by gouging out her eye and throwing it over an eighth-floor balcony.

Francis Murphy, 26, denies two charges of attempting to murder Natalie Farrell at Dalfield Court in the city.

It is alleged Ms Farrell, 27, suffered the attack at a tower block in Dundee during two separate bids to kill her on the same day.

He is accused of holding Ms Farrell prisoner in a bedroom and attacking her before attempting to gouge out her eye with a metal hook and his fingers.

A second attempted murder charge alleges she was attacked again on the eighth floor landing of the Dalfield block when Mr Murphy chased her from the flat.

The charge states that he then tried to throw her over the balcony and "pulled and detached her eyeball" and threw it over the balcony.