A Dundee man is to stand trial accused of choking one woman “to the danger of her life” – before allegedly strangling his former partner with a wire later the same day.
John Lawson is first alleged to have assaulted Maxine Bayne at an address in the northern outskirts of Dundee on March 2.
He is accused of grabbing her by the throat, compressing it, pushing her causing her to full then repeatedly punching and kicking her on the head and body “to her severe injury and to the danger of her life”.
Lawson is also said to have forced open a set of double doors at the property.
Prosecutors say Lawson then went to an address almost three miles away and attacked former partner Natasha Cochrane. He is alleged to have placed a wire around her neck and pulled it tight, grabbed her by the body and brandished a knife all to her severe injury.
An alternative charge alleges he culpably and recklessly grabbed her whilst brandishing a knife, causing said knife to strike her hand to her severe injury.
Lawson, 34, a prisoner at HMP Perth, denies two charges of assault and one of vandalism on indictment at Dundee Sheriff Court.
The offences are alleged to have taken place on March 2 this year at addresses in Brownhill Road and The Hazels.
Sheriff Alastair Carmichael continued the case to a trial date later this month.
