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Attacker given 12 years for gouging out ex’s eye

A man who gouged out his ex-girlfriend's eye and threw it away has been jailed for 12 years.

Francis Murphy was told by a judge that his attacks on Natalie Farrell were "almost medieval in their barbarity".

Murphy, 26, had previously been found guilty by a jury of two charges of attempting to murder Miss Farrell.