Accused penknife slasher cleared

A financial analyst accused of slashing the face of a fellow City worker with a penknife in a nightclub row has been cleared after he claimed the victim was cut accidentally. Alvaro Garcia-Martinez, 26, was injured while out celebrating his birthday with a group of Spaniards at the Libertine in Fitzrovia on 5 June 2016, jurors heard. Bernardo Assis, 25, was with a group of Portuguese at the same spot and an argument spilled onto Winsley Street, just off Oxford…