The ex-partner of Argentina’s former president Alberto Fernandez has accused him of physically and emotionally abusing her, according to a court order.

It is the first time an Argentine vice president has been convicted of a crime while in office.

Authorities are investigating whether a Brazilian citizen who appears to have tried to assassinate Argentina’s politically powerful vice president Cristina Fernandez was a lone gunman or part of a larger organisation.

An attempt to kill Argentina’s politically powerful vice president Cristina Fernandez outside her home failed after a handgun misfired, according to the president.

The former president has vehemently denied charges against her in the three-year trial and has said the judges already have the sentence against her 'written and even signed'