A woman has appeared in court charged with wounding after a man was stabbed through the eye with a stiletto heel
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Gavin Taylor, 28, remains seriously ill in hospital after the incident last Sunday.
He suffered the injury in the back of a taxi while travelling home from a night out in Huddersfield with his girlfriend.
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.”
Staci Hargreaves, 33, from Stalybridge, Cheshire, has been charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
She appeared at Huddersfield Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday where she was
granted bail to appear at Bradford Crown Court on February 16.
Police said the stiletto penetrated the eye socket and touched the victim’s brain.
