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A man who assaulted and bit his sister’s neighbour in a drunken brawl did so in “self-defence”, a court has heard. Curtis Garside, 29, had been drinking with his mother, who lives in Stathern in Leicestershire’s Vale of Belvoir, throughout the day before his sister had invited him over. Just after midnight, Garside thought he had arrived at his sister’s house – also in Stathern – but he had actually pitched up at her next-door neighbour’s property. The 29-year-old proceeded to knock on her neighbour’s front door until he woke up, a court heard. After Garside was sent to the correct address, he…

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