The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)

Woman hurled out of window

Victim suffered multiple injuries as she hit the ground

- SEAN O’NEIL AND RACHEL AMERY

A woman was rushed to hospital after being violently attacked and thrown from a window in Perth.

Police have launched an investigat­ion into the vicious assault on Cromlix Road where the victim was beaten within a property before being hurled from a first-floor opening.

The woman was taken to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee following the traumatic incident.

Her injuries are believed to include broken bones and ruptured organs.

Witnesses said that the victim hit the ground with such force that she left an imprint on the grassy embankment where she landed.

Emergency services were called to the scene at around 2.45pm on Saturday where they discovered the injured woman.

A neighbour described the incident as “horrible”.

“There was a lot of shouting and by the time I got to the window, the girl was in a heap on the floor,” they said.

The police are treating the incident as assault.

Police have launched an investigat­ion after a woman was viciously attacked and thrown from a first floor window during broad daylight in Perth.

The victim was rushed to Ninewells Hospital following the traumatic incident with her injuries believed to include broken bones and ruptured organs.

It is understood the assault occurred within a property on Cromlix Road before the victim was hurled from a window on to a grassy embankment below.

Emergency services discovered the injured woman lying below the open window at around 2.45pm on Saturday.

Nearby residents witnessed the aftermath of the attack as officers and paramedics treated the victim on the ground.

One witness said the woman had fallen with such force on to the ground her body had made a noticeable indentatio­n on the grass.

A neighbour described the incident in the Friarton area of Perth as “awful” and “horrible”.

“I heard a lot of commotion, like shouting and stuff,” they said.

“Generally I am in my garden all day but I had come in to make a cup of tea.

“There was a lot of shouting and by the time I got to the window, the girl was in a heap on the floor.

“It was an awful thing to see. She rolled down on to the grass towards the street and it was awful.

“I never actually saw her coming out of the window so I am not sure what happened, or if she was pushed or fell – but it is horrible.

“It is not what you expect to see on a Saturday afternoon in the garden.

“The girl was on the ground by the time we saw it, the poor thing.

“It was such a shock.” Another resident said: “I looked out of my window and I saw her lying in her garden.

“There were police and that everywhere.”

A third onlooker said: “We were on our way out when we saw her lying on the ground, and we didn’t want to stay around.”

Police Scotland is treating the incident as assault.

A spokespers­on for the force said: “We were made aware of a woman injured on Cromlix Road in Perth shortly after 2.45pm on Saturday March 6.

“Officers attended and the woman was taken to hospital.

“An investigat­ion is ongoing and officers are following a positive line of inquiry.”

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INCIDENT: A woman was attacked and thrown from a first-floor window of a property on Cromlix Road in Perth on Saturday.

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