A British woman living in Australia has died after running through a glass door and partially severing her arm following an alleged argument with her boyfriend.
Claire Austin, 38, severed an artery in her arm when she hit the internal glass door at her Sydney flat, and was found bleeding profusely just after 7.30am on Saturday.
The marketing executive, who is originally from Woking, Surrey, had been living in the apartment with her boyfriend Lee Loughlin, 44, who also moved from the UK.
Neighbours said they had heard the pair arguing and Mr Loughlin reportedly told police the pair were having a row before Ms Austin ran through the glass door.
One neighbour said he heard fighting begin at about 7am on Saturday, and this altercation was ‘at a different level than usual’.
‘They both sounded (like) something would happen,’ he said.
‘I heard the woman at first and it worried me. Then I heard the man. I think I heard a crash and then I didn’t hear the woman again.’
The neighbour then heard a man screaming ‘somebody help me’ over and over and decided to investigate, with the noise prompting someone in the area to call the emergency services.
Austin was rushed to hospital and put on life support.
After being told she would not survive her injuries, her family immediately flew from the UK to Sydney and arrived on Tuesday morning, just hours before she passed away.
