Gable Tostee's downstairs neighbour saw Warriena Wright's legs dangling from the balcony just moments before the New Zealand tourist plummeted to her death, a trial has heard.
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Gable Tostee fronts the Brisbane Supreme Court on Monday, charged with the murder of Warriena Wright in Surfers Paradise two years ago. Vision: Today Show, Channel Nine
Mr Tostee, 30, has pleaded not guilty in the Brisbane Supreme Court to murdering Ms Wright in the early hours of August 8, 2014, at his high-rise Gold Coast unit.
Crown prosecutor Glen Cash alleges Mr Tostee did not throw the 26-year-old to her death but intimidated and threatened her so greatly she felt the only way to escape was to climb down from his locked balcony.
Gabriele Collyer-Wiedner, who lived in the unit directly below Tostee's, told the court on Monday she woke about 2am to the sound of banging furniture.
Ms Collyer-Wiedner said she looked out onto her balcony and saw Ms Wright's feet pointing at her.
"Legs came down and dangled in the air," she said.
"I froze there, then the body fell on my balcony railing.
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"I screamed and somebody else screamed, I assumed it was her voice".
The court heard Ms Wright fell 14 floors to the driveway below where her body was found by first responders.
She had been drinking at Mr Tostee's flat after meeting him on Tinder during her two-week holiday in Australia.
Her sister Marreza Wright told the court Ms Wright had Facebook messaged her that night saying she had found "an Australian Sam Winchester", a character from the TV show Supernatural.
The last message she received from Ms Wright was a poorly lit selfie with her and Mr Tostee at his unit.
The trial has heard an audio recording made by Mr Tostee on his mobile phone captured an altercation between the pair as well as Ms Wright's eventual death.
Her mother Beth Wright broke down as the court heard how her daughter was allegedly choked and restrained by Mr Tostee.
The trial continues.
AAP