‘I was protecting my sister’ says accused glasser

A woman accused of glassing a fellow guest at a 40th birthday party wept as she told jurors she flung it at the alleged victim to stop him throttling her sister. Amy Merrifield, 21, allegedly shoved a wine glass in to the face of Tom Lydamore after a row broke out at the Goals five-a-side football centre in Dagenham, Essex. Mr Lydamore told jurors he grabbed hold of Amy’s 24-year-old sister, Rebecca, as the older sibling marched towards his wife’s…