Benjamin Mendy

The Manchester City footballer faces a retrial on two counts the jury could not reach verdicts on.

Matthew Conway, prosecuting, said: "The prosecution has made a decision. The prosecution has sought a retrial on the two counts the jury failed to reach a verdict on and it has been scheduled for 26 June. The jury failed to reach a verdict on three counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault against Mr Matturie. Mr Mendy's lawyer said he was "delighted" to have been cleared of sex attacks on four women and looked forward to clearing his name at a retrial over two other allegations and "rebuilding his life". The jury failed to reach verdicts on one count of rape and one of attempted rape and a retrial will take place. But after 14 days of deliberation, jurors could not reach verdicts on Mr Mendy's alleged attempted rape of a woman, 29, in 2018 and the alleged rape of another woman, 24, in October 2020.

The seven men and four women on the panel failed to reach verdicts on a seventh charge of rape and one of attempted rape.

"It is not unusual that jurors don't reach verdicts on some counts. The seven men and four women on the panel failed to reach verdicts on a seventh charge of rape and one of attempted rape. Jurors also failed to reach verdicts on three counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault against him by five other women.

Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy has been cleared of six counts of rape and one of sexual assault.

In a statement, his club said: "Manchester City FC notes the verdict from Chester Crown Court today, where a jury has found Benjamin Mendy not guilty of seven charges. Jurors could not reach a majority verdict on one count of rape and one of attempted rape, meaning that a second trial will take place regarding the remaining cases. Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy has been cleared of six counts of rape and one of sexual assault.

Manchester City footballer Mendy and Louis Saha Matturie denied all the charges against them and said the sex was consensual.

On Friday, the judge asked if the jury would reach verdicts if they had more time. We are at a point now where we can't agree." Mendy will face a retrial in June over the two charges - alleged rape and attempted rape - that the jury could not decide on.

A jury in the UK cleared Manchester City and France footballer Benjamin Mendy of six counts of rape and one of sexual assault against four women.

"It is not unusual that jurors don't reach verdicts on some counts. Jurors also failed to reach verdicts on three counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault against him by five other women. Mendy was accused alongside Louis Saha Matturie, 41, an alleged "fixer", who was found not guilty by the jury of three counts of rape relating to two teenagers.

Court case revealed private life of Manchester City star, from his chat-up lines to profligate spending.

It was only when sitting in a prison cell after his arrest for alleged sexual offences that Mendy had time to think about his life, he told the jury. Mendy told the jury he knew women were mostly interested in him because he was a famous footballer. The jury failed to reach a verdict on a charge of raping one woman and attempting to rape another. Despite earning vast sums, he could not keep track of his spending – it was only in prison, when he was earning £4 a day, that he learned the value of money, he admitted. They were part of “the Manchester scene”, meeting in nightclubs such as Chinawhite in Manchester city centre or Parea in Alderley Edge, a Cheshire suburb beloved of Manchester’s nouveau riche and particularly players of the city’s two football clubs. Despite being popular among City staff, Mendy was “not the perfect professional”, according to Marc Boixasa, a former head of first team operations and support. Covid put a stop to the Manchester scene – at least in public. A lot of girls would be attracted to that look,” she told the jury. His guests would be left to carry on the party or to get his private chef to rustle them up some breakfast. The case began with the prosecution giving the jury a video tour of his mansion, called the Spinney, which Mendy bought in November 2017 for £4.8m, shortly after being signed by Manchester City for £52m. The footage, shot on a police officer’s body-worn camera, began outside, where a yellow Lamborghini was among numerous cars in the driveway. They heard that Mendy and his friends sometimes had sex with the same women, albeit separately, on some nights.