Benjamin Mendy will remain in custody ahead of a potential trial on rape charges after a bail application was refused.The 27-year-old has been in custody at HMP Altcourse in Merseyside since last Friday, when he appeared at Chester Magistrates' Court charged with four counts of rape and one sexual assault.On Wednesday, a bail application was made at Chester Crown Court.
The France international did not attend court.Honorary Recorder of Chester Judge Steven Everett refused the application, a court spokesman said.Mendy is charged with attacks on three different women.Three of the rapes are alleged to have taken place in October 2020 and he is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in early January this year.He is also charged with raping a.
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