Alexander Ortiz, who has been accused of his former girlfriend’s murder, faced an attack at Albuquerque’s Bernalillo County Courthouse during a recent hearing.

Ortiz was charged with first-degree murder, to which he pleaded not guilty in March, according to court records.

Alexander Ortiz is accused of having murdered his girlfriend Alianna Farfan at her flat in January last year amid reports she was in an abusive relationship with him