Woman cleared of throwing scalding coffee in ex’s face

A woman accused of throwing scalding hot coffee in her ex-lover’s face walked free after insisting she spilt it on him when he pestered her for sofa sex. Dionne Knight, 48, allegedly threw the scalding liquid over Ransford Bennett when he said he was going to the Caribbean with another woman. Mr Bennett said he woke up in agony after he dozing off on the couch after celebrating Knight’s birthday at her home in Thornton Heath, south London, last November…