She ‘whipped flatmate with a belt’

A drunken girlfriend flouted lockdown measures to attack her ex-lover in his luxury Kensington apartment and whip his flatmate with a belt 15 times, a court heard. Deka Ahmed, 41, allegedly assaulted Silvestrs Rullis before turning on his flatmate Raivis Melders when he intervened during the incident at Harrington Gardens, southwest London on 15 April. Mr Rullis invited Ahmed round and the couple had several drinks before the mood turned sour, Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard. Mr Melders rushed to help…