Manchester Metropolis soccer star Benjamin Mendy has been discovered not responsible of six counts of rape and one in every of sexual assault.
Jurors at Chester Crown Court docket in north-west England couldn’t attain verdicts on two different allegations in opposition to Mendy – one in every of tried rape and one other of rape – and had been discharged.
Prosecutors stated they’ll search a retrial on the counts the jury couldn’t attain verdicts on on the finish of a five-month trial.
The 28-year-old French defender coated his face with each fingers and was gently rocking forwards and backwards because the jury foreman delivered the verdicts in a hushed courtroom. The not-guilty verdicts associated to 4 younger girls or youngsters.
Louis Saha Matturie, 41, who was the co-accused alongside Mendy and an alleged “fixer,” was discovered not responsible of three counts of rape relating to 2 youngsters.
Jurors failed to succeed in verdicts on three counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault in opposition to him by 5 different girls.
Mendy and Matturie had been on trial since August 10, accused of a number of sexual offenses by 13 girls. They denied all the costs.
Manchester Metropolis launched a brief assertion, saying it famous the decision referring to Mendy.
“Given there are open issues associated to this case, the membership will not be able to remark additional presently,” Metropolis stated.
With PA
