‘Abused for not watering the plants’

An accused sex offender assaulted a woman when she didn’t water his plants, a court heard. Reshad Naqshbani, 31, also threatened the alleged victim with a knife in an argument at his home in Notting Hill, west London last summer, it was said. Simon Sandford, prosecuting, told the jury Naqshbani threatened the woman with a knife on 21 July 2024. ‘An argument started between them,’ said Mr Sandford. ‘It progressed to the defendant assaulting her by pulling her hair. Her…