Police were called after hotel staff saw a naked guest attacking her boyfriend with a wine bottle, a court has heard.
Amelia Oxenford, 21, had been drinking all night with boyfriend Alex Buttigieg before the 2.45am row at the Ascot Hyde Park Hotel in London.
CCTV of their argument was played at City of London Magistrates Court showing a naked Oxenford pushing her boyfriend from their hotel room.
Prosecutor Trevor Green told the court she threw an empty wine bottle at her boyfriend in the corridor and slashed him across the face with a shard of broken glass when they returned to their room.
By the time police arrived, Mr Buttigieg was found with a 2cm cut to his nose.
Officers said he was ‘shocked’ and ‘rambling’ as he unsuccessfully tried to stem the flow of blood.
Oxenford, of Royston, Cambridgeshire, was convicted of assault and causing £300 worth of criminal damage to Mr Buttigieg’s glasses in the fight on January 16.
The court heard how the couple had started drinking early, sharing a bottle of wine on their train journey into London, another bottle during dinner, before Oxenford had four more cocktails that night.
The pair had started rowing over a man Oxenford dated during a short break in their nine-month relationship.
Mr Green told the court: ‘This resulted in Ms Oxenford pushing him into the corridor and on the CCTV she can been seen naked and lunging at the victim.
‘He said she threw an empty bottle of wine at him and there was a brief tussle when she reached out for the spectacles on his face and one of the arms were snapped off.’
During the tussle the couple became locked out of their room and Mr Buttigieg went to reception for a spare key.
When he came back they continued to fight inside.
The prosecutor claimed a small glass was smashed inside the bathroom before Oxenford ‘armed herself with a broken shard’.
Her boyfriend later told police she attacked him with the broken glass, causing the injury to his nose.
When police had arrived at the hotel, they heard Oxenford shouting from inside the room that she was going to harm herself and jump out of the window.
Officers opened the door to the room to find her now only wearing a bra.
An officer told the court: ‘She was agitated, under the influence of alcohol, she was drunk.
‘She was slurring her words and there was an overwhelming smell of alcohol on her breath.
‘He said she came at him, punching him and picked up the piece of glass and swiped it at him, causing the cut.’
Oxenford has been bailed for sentencing on May 2.
She said: ‘I can’t remember a lot of what happened, but I do remember Alex shouting at me and pinning me down to the bed.
‘I was terrified and vulnerable and he was very aggressive.
‘I have a good job and work hard and like to think I’m a good citizen. I’ve never committed a crime.
‘I felt like I was defending myself in all honesty and felt he did hit me as well.’
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