Before being allegedly murdered by her ex-partner, Tatiana Dokhotaru confided he had threatened to kill her during a fight in which he allegedly dragged her by the hair and spat on her repeatedly.

Ms Dokhotaru, 34, was killed in her 22nd-floor apartment in southwest Sydney on the night of May 26, 2023.

Her ex-boyfriend Danny Zayat is on trial in the NSW Supreme Court after pleading not guilty to her murder.

The 30-year-old is accused of inflicting one or more blows to Ms Dokhotaru's head, possibly in combination with a push that caused her to fall.

In the lead-up to her death, Ms Dokhotaru, also known as Tanya, told a friend about an ugly fight she had with Zayat after he went through her phone and saw her messages with other men.

He dragged her by her hair, spat at her "like 20 times

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