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Benjamin Mendy has been cleared of six counts of rape and 1 of intersexual assault.
The Manchester City footballer volition look a retrial connected 2 outstanding charges, however.
Jurors could not scope verdicts connected 1 number of rape and 1 of attempted rape pursuing a six-month proceedings astatine Chester Crown Court.
Mendy’s co-accused, Louis Saha Matturie, 41, was recovered not blameworthy of 3 counts of rape.
Jurors failed to scope verdicts connected 3 further counts of rape against Matturie, arsenic good arsenic 3 counts of intersexual assault.
Judge Steven Everett discharged jurors aft they failed to scope bulk verdicts successful the remaining cases, ending the trial.
Mendy and Matturie volition present look abstracted retrials.
Mendy’s retrial volition instrumentality spot connected June 26, and is expected to past 2 to 3 weeks. It has been acceptable for the aforesaid court.
The 28-year-old is besides owed to be tribunal for a pre-trial reappraisal connected January 27.
Matturie’s proceedings is owed to commencement connected the week commencing September 18.
The 41-year-old has been told to be a pre-trial reappraisal acceptable for March 24.
Matthew Conway, prosecuting, said the prosecution wanted to question a retrial connected the counts the assemblage could not scope verdicts on.
He said: “The prosecution has made a decision. We person made a determination today, which is to proceed connected these counts successful 2 abstracted trials and we question contiguous a provisional lawsuit management.”
Mendy and Matturie denied each of the charges against them.
Both men person been connected proceedings astatine Chester Crown Court since August 10 2022.
The jury, of 7 men and 4 women, archetypal went retired to see verdicts connected December 5 and Friday was the 14th time they had been out.
Mendy covered his look with his hands arsenic the assemblage foreman said “not guilty” to the 7 counts, which related to 4 young women.
The assemblage was discharged connected Friday aft deliberating for 67 hours 17 minutes implicit 14 days.
In September, Mendy was recovered not blameworthy of 1 number of rape connected the absorption of the justice astatine his trial.
Matturie was besides recovered not blameworthy of 2 counts of rape against the aforesaid pistillate astatine the aforesaid time.
Mendy, who outgo Manchester City £52 cardinal erstwhile helium was signed from Monaco successful 2017, was suspended by the Premier League nine erstwhile helium was arrested successful August 2021.
Manchester City said successful a connection connected Friday: “Manchester City FC notes the verdict from Chester Crown Court today, wherever a assemblage has recovered Benjamin Mendy not blameworthy of 7 charges.
“The assemblage is hung connected 2 charges and the proceedings is present over. Given determination are unfastened matters related to this case, the Club is not successful a presumption to remark further astatine this time.”
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