Jury in trial of Man Citys Benjamin Mendy retires to suppose about verdicts
The jury in the UK trial of France footballer Benjamin Mendy retired on Monday to think about its verdicts in opposition to the Manchester City celebrity in the long-running case.
Mendy, 28, is on trial at Chester Crown Court in northwest England, charged with seven counts of rape, one of tried rape, and eachother of sexual assault, in opposition to six younger women.
His co-accused, Louis Saha Matturie, 41, faces six counts of rape and three of sexual assault, in opposition to seven younger women.
Both men deny the charges.
Judge Steven Everett knowledgeable the jury of eight men and four female that if verdicts ought to no longer be reached this week, they will return to courtroom on 19 December to continue deliberations.
The court docket is no longer sitting on Friday or on any days subsequent week, he noted.
"There is no strain of time," Everett added. "Don't experience under any pressure."
Prosecutors have branded Mendy, who was arrested last12 months and is in modern times suspended by means ofmeans of his club, a "predatory serial rapist" who lured younglady into "toxic and dangerous" conditions at parties.
The trial, which commenced in August, heard the alleged assaults took vicinity at a flat Mendy rented in Manchester town centre and at "after parties" at his home in leafy Cheshire.
Matturie is saidthrough the prosecution to have been the "fixer" who recognized and invited women to the parties from VIP lounges of nightclubs in the city.
In evidence, Mendy has denied mendacity to "save his personal skin", regardless of admitting having intercourse with women "within seconds and minutes" of assembly them.
He stated that he had intercourse with many ladiesbut insisted he continually stopped if they said "no".
Character witnesses for Mendy at the trial have covered his boss, Manchester City supervisor Pep Guardiola.
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