Man critically ill 'after being stabbed in the eye with girlfriend's stiletto'
Gavin Taylor who is still critically injured. The incident happened in the back of a cab after a night out in Huddersfield
A reveller is critically ill in hospital after being stabbed through the eye with a stiletto heel.
The shoe is believed to have pierced Gavin Taylor's eye, passed through his eye socket and touched his brain.
His girlfriend Staci Hargreaves, 33, is accused of attacking the 28-year-old in the back of a taxi after a night out in Huddersfield.
She has been charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. The charge carries a possible life sentence.
The pair were travelling through Huddersfield town centre at 2am when the incident occurred.
Taylor was then rushed to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary with the horrific injury where he was treated before being transferred to a specialist ward in Leeds.
He is in a critical condition in hospital.
Hargreaves of Stalybridge, Manchester, appeared at Huddersfield Magistrates' Court on Tuesday and was bailed to appear to Bradford Crown Court on February 16.
Five years ago, Taylor was jailed for 16 months for his part in the drowning of a loner 'for a joke' who was terrified of water.
The stiletto is believed to have pierced his eye, passed through his eye socket and touched his brain
Father of three Chris Mattison, 42, had been dangled over the freezing River Thame and then left to drown when the line holding him broke.
His body was found four days later.
Four people were jailed for the attack, including Taylor, with another sent to a young offenders' institution. Taylor admitted false imprisonment.
A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said: 'At around 2am on Sunday, police received reports of a serious assault which occurred in a vehicle travelling through Huddersfield town centre.
'A 28-year-old man was struck to the head and taken to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary.
'He was subsequently transferred to Leeds General Infirmary and is currently in a stable but critical condition.'
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