{"id":1178333,"date":"2022-08-15T10:10:15","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T10:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/15\/rape-charges-benjamin-mendy-arrives-at-court-to-face-first-day-of-his-trial\/"},"modified":"2022-08-15T10:10:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T10:10:15","slug":"rape-charges-benjamin-mendy-arrives-at-court-to-face-first-day-of-his-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/15\/rape-charges-benjamin-mendy-arrives-at-court-to-face-first-day-of-his-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Rape Charges: Benjamin Mendy Arrives At Court To Face First Day of His Trial |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Manchester City&#8217;s Benjamin Mendy has arrived at court for the start of his trial accused of\u00a0sex attacks on seven young women.<\/p>\n<p>Mendy, 28, denies charges of eight counts of rape,\u00a0one count of attempted rape and one count of sexual assault.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Premier League star and France international is alleged to have committed the offences against the women between October 2018 and August last year at his home address. <\/p>\n<p>Mendy will go on trial along with his co-defendant Louis Saha Matturie, 40, who has also entered not guilty pleas to all charges he faces.<\/p>\n<p>Matturie, of Eccles, Salford, denies eight counts of rape and four counts of sexual assault, relating to eight young women.\u00a0The alleged offences span July 2012 to August last year.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the names of Raheem Sterling, Jack Grealish, Kyle Walker, Riyad Mahrez and John Stones, all either current or ex- Manchester City players, were read to jurors ahead of the trial.<\/p>\n<p>Hi Honour Judge Everett wanted to make sure no jurors had any personal connection to anyone who could be referred to during the trial, or be called as a witness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><strong\/><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"peace_home_topstory\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: rgb(17, 97, 142); font-weight: bold;\"><br \/>\nRead Full Story &#8230;.<br \/>\nDailymail.co.uk >>><br \/>\n<\/span> : \u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"peace_black_text_4\">Source: Dailymail.co.uk<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"clear:both\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"peace_red_text_1\">Disclaimer<\/span>: <span class=\"peace_ash_text_1\">Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of .  accepts no responsibility legal or otherwise for their accuracy of content. 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