A MAN has appeared in court charged with jumping out of a third floor window with a two-year-old girl and attempting to murder her.
John Higgins, 39, allegedly leapt from the flat in Govanhill in October 2016 with the child in his arms.
He faces a second charge of allegedly abducting his wife Victoria Higgins on the same date.
Prosecutors claim he turned the lights off in the flat, locked the door and removed the key and took her mobile phone from her.
The charge also claims he threatened to kill himself and that he sat on the window ledge with the child, who cannot be identified, and detained Mrs Higgins against her will.
Higgins, from the south side appeared in private at the city’s sheriff court where he was represented by Callum Hiller.
He made no plea and was granted bail.
He is expected to return to court at a later date.
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