A scorned woman is on trial for murder after her ex-boyfriend ended his life in a euthanasia clinic because she threw acid over him, a court has heard.

In what is believed to be a legal first, Berlinah Wallace is accused of killing Mark van Dongen who asked doctors to end his life 15 months after the alleged attack.

Ms Wallace, 48, poured sulfuric acid over Mr van Dongen following a row about another woman as she laughed and told him: "If I can't have you no-one can", the jury heard.

The Dutch national, 29, suffered 25 percent burns, had to have his skin surgically removed and lost a leg, his left eye, and most of the sight in his right eye. He was left paralysed apart from his tongue.

The civil engineer was eventually transferred back to Belgium to be close to his family, where he successfully applied for euthanasia and his life was taken on on January 2.