A renowend Scots memory doctor is to stand trial next month, accused of attacking and injuring his estranged wife five years ago.
Fraser Inglis, who carries out pioneering studies into Alzheimer’s disease, is alleged to have attacked Elizabeth Inglis also known as Elizabeth Rowbottom by repeatedly trapping her arm in a door in Dunblane.
He is further alleged to have then pushed her to the floor and repeatedly kicked her on the head.
Inglis, 50, of Leny House, Leny Feus, near Kilmahog in Perthshire, is alleged to have carried out the attack, all to the victim’s injury, at a property on Glen Road, Dunblane, some time during February 2010.
He denies the charge.
At a preliminary hearing at Stirling Sheriff Court on Friday, defence agent Harry Couchlan and prosecutor Adrian Fraser confirmed that both sides are ready for trial.
Mr Fraser told the court: “It is likely to run for two days, and two days have been set aside.”
Sheriff Wyllie Robertson continued the case for trial on February 23 and February 26.
Sheriff Robertson stated: “There is a long-running matrimonial action in this court between the parties.”
Inglis founded the Glasgow Memory Clinic which carries out clinical tests and trials into memory loss in 1999.