Defence asks jurors to end Benjamin Mendy's 'hell'
Mr Mendy was "not the kind of character to deliberately harm anyone under any circumstances", his lawyer says
The 28-year-old and his friend Louis Saha Matturie, 41, have been accused of raping women at the player's home in Cheshire, and at a Manchester flat.Eleanor Laws KC said Mr Mendy's life in football "was over", but that none of the claims of sexual assaults by six women were reliable. She said claims that the Manchester City player was a "predator" who used his fame to attack women, with the prosecution comparing him to Jimmy Savile, were "utterly ridiculous".Prosecutors claim Mr Mendy lured young women into "toxic and dangerous" situations where they were raped and sexually assaulted at a flat he rented in Manchester city centre, and at his home in Prestbury, Cheshire.
"Please just focus on the evidence and if you are not sure about these counts, please use common sense and bring an end to this absolute hell."Ms Laws also told jurors that there would be "pressure on you" with "headlines" and people who may "chip in" having read about the case but not seen witnesses tell "lie after lie" in court.
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