Benjamin Mendy

The Manchester City footballer is accused of raping and sexually assaulting seven different women on five different occasions at his home in Cheshire ...

Jurors saw drone footage of Mendy’s pad, which backs on to woods and fields and is on a “rural road” with no street lighting. “The defendants weren’t in some happy state of sexual ignorance, they knew very well what they were doing. He added: “The acts show callous indifference to the women they went after. That was the effect of deliberate, planned, choices the defendants made and the desires they let loose many times.” “You can’t get in from the outside but you can open them from the inside if you know what to do. Prosecutor Timothy Cray QC told jurors two women claim they were taken to locked rooms at the footballer’s mansion, known as ‘The Spinney’ and raped.

The 28-year-old's trial for eight counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and one count of sexual assault began at Chester Crown Court on Monday.

“They turned the pursuit of women for sex into a game and if women got hurt or distressed, too bad.” “In their minds, and this could not be clearer, the stream of women they brought to their homes existed purely to be pursued for sex.” Mr Cray told jurors that Saha, of Eccles, Salford, was Mendy’s friend and fixer, and one of his jobs was “to find young women and to create the situations where those young women could be raped and sexually assaulted”. Jurors heard the footballer was “prepared to cross that line” of consent “over and over again” and if “women got hurt or distressed, too bad”. Mr Cray said the feelings of the alleged victims “counted for nothing”, adding: “These women were disposable, things to be used for sex, then thrown to one side. Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy is a “predator” who “turned the pursuit of women for sex into a game”, a court has heard.

Mendy, 28, is on trial charged with eight counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and one count of sexual assault.

"It has little to do with football. Mendy, 28, a French player who was suspended by Manchester City when he was charged a year ago, is accused of eight counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and one count of sexual assault. Mendy, 28, is on trial charged with eight counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and one count of sexual assault.

The Manchester City defender denies all the charges against him and will stand trial alongside co-defendant Louis Saha Matturie. | ITV News Granada.

Matturie, of Eccles, Salford, denies eight counts of rape and four counts of sexual assault relating to eight young women. Manchester City’s Mendy, 28, is also accused of one count of attempted rape and one count of sexual assault. Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy begins trial accused of eight counts of rape

The court heard Mendy used a fixer to find young women and 'create situations' where they could be raped. Manchester City and France international ...

He also said that they were “vulnerable”, due to the differences in age and wealth between themselves and Mendy. In their minds, and this could not be clearer, the stream of women they brought to their homes existed purely to be pursued for sex.” The jurors are expected to hear from 13 women.

Victims had 'phones taken off them' when they arrived at Mendy's Cheshire mansion, court heard.

Jurors were shown a video of the doors on these rooms and told the locks could turn them into “panic rooms” if the house was burgled. once that door closed behind her, well that woman was available to sex.” Another woman was 17-years-old when the assault took place. Because of the unusual security system, jurors were shown how the rooms had two handles on each door. “It was isolated,” Mr Cray said. In one incident, Mendy allegedly took the victim’s phone from her and started looking at intimate pictures she kept on her phone.

Man City's Benjamin Mendy raped three women in one night at his "isolated mansion", a court hears.

Mr Cray told the court how the defendants said in "broad terms" that all the women consented to sex willingly, with only a couple of allegations where there is a denial that anything sexual happened. The court heard how Mr Mendy's home, The Spinney, in Mottram St Andrew in rural Cheshire, was "part and parcel" of how he and Mr Matturie were able to abuse the women. Mr Cray said key features included the pair targeting "women who were so drunk almost to the extent that they had little or no memory of the incidents, or were asleep, or they were waking from sleep". Mr Cray said Mr Matturie was his friend and fixer, and he would "find young women and to create the situations where those young women could be raped and sexually assaulted". "The doors of restaurants and nightclubs were open to him, people wanted to be with him," Mr Cray said. He said the women were "disposable" to Mr Mendy.

The 28-year-old's trial for eight counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and one count of sexual assault began at Chester Crown Court on Monday.

“They turned the pursuit of women for sex into a game and if women got hurt or distressed, too bad.” “In their minds, and this could not be clearer, the stream of women they brought to their homes existed purely to be pursued for sex.” Mr Cray told jurors that Saha, of Eccles, Salford, was Mendy’s friend and fixer, and one of his jobs was “to find young women and to create the situations where those young women could be raped and sexually assaulted”. Jurors heard the footballer was “prepared to cross that line” of consent “over and over again” and if “women got hurt or distressed, too bad”. Mr Cray said the feelings of the alleged victims “counted for nothing”, adding: “These women were disposable, things to be used for sex, then thrown to one side. Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy is a “predator” who “turned the pursuit of women for sex into a game”, a court has heard.

The 28-year-old's trial for eight counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and one count of sexual assault began at Chester Crown Court on Monday.

“They turned the pursuit of women for sex into a game and if women got hurt or distressed, too bad.” “In their minds, and this could not be clearer, the stream of women they brought to their homes existed purely to be pursued for sex.” Mr Cray told jurors that Saha, of Eccles, Salford, was Mendy’s friend and fixer, and one of his jobs was “to find young women and to create the situations where those young women could be raped and sexually assaulted”. Jurors heard the footballer was “prepared to cross that line” of consent “over and over again” and if “women got hurt or distressed, too bad”. Mr Cray said the feelings of the alleged victims “counted for nothing”, adding: “These women were disposable, things to be used for sex, then thrown to one side. Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy is a “predator” who “turned the pursuit of women for sex into a game”, a court has heard.

London: The trial of Manchester City's Benjamin Mendy began on Monday, with the footballer accused of eight counts of rape. The French soccer player was ...

Both defendants are on bail and the trial is expected to last up to 15 weeks. He is alleged to have committed the offenses against seven young women between October 2018 and August last year, however, he denies the charges. The alleged offences span July 2012 to August last year.

The Manchester City defender has been charged with eight counts of rape, one of sexual assault and one of attempted rape - the Frenchman, who moved from ...

Saha is also accused of sexually assaulting the woman in her early 20s and allegedly raping one of the same women in her late teens who claims she was also raped by Mendy at the party. Saha is also accused of raping a 19-year-old after a party at the rented Salford flat in March 2021. Mendy is then accused of two counts of rape against a 17-year-old girl in the downstairs office of his house after a night out in August 2021. He is then accused of sexually assaulting another teenager in Sheffield in 2016 and again no complaint was made at the time. Mendy is then accused of raping a woman in her early 20s and two women in their late teens after a pool party at his house in July 2021. Saha is then accused of raping and sexually assaulting the same 19-year-old a few weeks later after night outs in Manchester, the court heard. One of the women in their late teens claimed she woke up on the sofa to find Mendy holding her arms behind her back, allegedly raping her saying ‘Don’t move, don’t move’. Mr Cray said: “She says she felt unable to leave the address as she was reliant on her friend driving her home. Mendy is then accused of three counts of rape against a woman in her mid 20s during a party at his house in October 2020. On seeing this Mendy took the phone from her and said he was going to check it.” It was claimed the woman entered Mendy’s bedroom and he told her ‘I just want to look at you, I'll give you the phone back if you take your clothes off’. Mendy allegedly attempted to rape a woman in her late 20s at his home in Mottram St Andrew, known as ‘The Spinney’, in October 2018.

The 28-year-olds trial for eight counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and one count of sexual assault began at Chester Crown Court on Monday; ...

"It has little to do with football. Mendy, 28, a French player who was suspended by Manchester City when he was charged a year ago, is accused of eight counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and one count of sexual assault. Manchester City left-back Benjamin Mendy and a friend turned the "pursuit of women for sex into a game", their rape trial has heard.

Manchester City player and alleged 'fixer' accused of 'callous indifference' to 13 young women they allegedly attacked.

Two of the women said Mendy raped them in rooms they believed to be locked. The point is that you have to know how to open them from the inside, and you’ll perhaps see how the witnesses might have gotten the impression … that they are locked in,” said Cray. Some of the women told police they had their phones taken off them on arrival. Two of the women told police they were “passed between” both men at Mendy’s multimillion-pound mansion, where he held pool parties. The pair are accused of showing “callous indifference” to the 13 young women they allegedly attacked. The alleged offences by Mendy are said to have taken place at his gated mansion in the hamlet of Mottram St Andrew, near Macclesfield, between October 2018 and 2021.

PHOTOS have emerged showing the inside of Benjamin Mendy's mansion where he allegedly raped victims as young as 17.Jurors today saw police bodycam foo.

Over this period, Mendy is accused of the rape of three women - one aged 22 and two aged 19. Saha is also accused of the sexual assault of another woman, aged 22, in the same 24-hour period. [The mansion] was isolated or so many of the witnesses thought, and once they were there - with the gates locked behind them - they felt vulnerable.Prosecutor Timothy Cray Mendy is accused of raping five of the women - the youngest just 17. He said: "It was isolated or so many of the witnesses thought, and once they were there - with the gates locked behind them - they felt vulnerable." Saha is accused of eight counts of rape and four counts of sexual assault relating to eight women, which he also denies.

The 28-year-old is accused of raping three women after the party at his home in Mottram St Andrew, Cheshire, and the trip to China White nightclub in ...

'Central to the case is Mendy's home at the time. Judge Everett, who is Recorder of Chester, told the jury last week: 'Maybe you have heard their names. April, 2021 - Saha is alleged to have raped a girl, 17, at the same property. During the party Mendy took her to an office, where she believed the door was locked and he proceeded to rape her twice. That was the effect of their game. Opening the case Mr Cray QC had told the jury: 'The case is simple. The 17-year-old allegedly raped by both men had been invited to Mendy's house by Saha, where her phone was taken from her. Later she got a taxi back to Manchester, where he raped her again. As she bent over to pick it up Mendy got behind her and raped her three times. Mendy tried to rape her on a bed but she struggled and managed to stop him. The women were asked to hand over their mobile phones, to protect Mendy from social media intrusion, but the 24-year-old hid hers. She agreed, but was uneasy and asked her friend to 'come look for her' if she did not return in five to ten minutes.