Benjamin Mendy

2023 - 1 - 12

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Benjamin Mendy: Jury can return majority verdict, judge rules (BBC News)

The Manchester City footballer and his friend Louis Saha Matturie, 41, have been on trial at Chester Crown Court since 10 August, accused of various sex ...

Jurors in the trial of rape-accused footballer Benjamin Mendy can return a majority verdict, a judge has ruled. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Benjamin Mendy: Jury can return majority verdict, judge rules

Benjamin Mendy rape trial jury told judge will accept majority verdicts (Chard & Ilminster News)

Mendy denies seven counts of rape, one of attempted rape and one of sexual assault relating to six women.

His co-accused, Louis Saha Matturie, 41, denies six rapes and three sexual assaults relating to seven women. Mendy, 28, denies seven counts of rape, one of attempted rape and one of sexual assault relating to six women.

Major update in Benjamin Mendy rape case as Manchester City star ... (The Irish Sun)

JURORS in Benjamin Mendy's rape trial have been told they can return a majority verdict.The Manchester City footballer, 28, has been accused of being.

Mendy previously told the court it was "honestly, so easy" for him to meet up with women and have sex "because of the status". He also told jurors he would often sleep with different women on the same night, admitting: "For me it was normal, I realised just now it sounds bad." The Manchester City footballer, 28, has been accused of being a "predator" who "turned the pursuit of women for sex into a game".

Judge tells jurors in Benjamin Mendy trial he will accept majority ... (Manchester Evening News)

He has been on trial at Chester Crown Court since August, with co-defendant Louis Saha Matturie.

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Jurors Can Deliver A Majority Verdict In Benjamin Mendy Rape Case (Latin Times)

A judge has ruled that jurors in the trial of footballer Benjamin Mendy, who is accused of rape, can deliver a majority verdict.