nick garnett at chester crown court.e charges. a court has also heard allegations that former wales manager and manchester united star ryan giggs headbutted his ex—girlfriend and threatened to do the same to her sister. the 48—year—old is on trial accused of controlling behaviour, as well as assaulting kate greville and heryoungersister, emma. our reporter matt graveling has been following the case at manchester crown court. today this trial entered a second week and the jury heard evidence from emma greville, the sister of kate greville. mr giggs is accused of controlling behaviour. he denies all of the charges. emma greville told the jury, they came all of the charges. emma greville told thejury, they came home all of the charges. emma greville told the jury, they came home and began arguing. he ended up on top of her, causing her pain. she said kate shouted her sister emma to get mr giggs off, which emma said she did by putting her hands around his waist. his elbow came into contact with herjaw, which his barrister sa

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nick garnett was in court and joins us now... what else did the court here?ched - what else did the court here? today the court heard and watched a - what else did the court here? irr— the court heard and watched a police interview with the young woman who said she was raped by benjamin mendy in what she called the longest day of her life. she explained how she had gone to a bar in the village of alderley edge with some friends and they had met three men who sat at her table and invited her back for a party. thejury her table and invited her back for a party. the jury heard the woman say to mr mendy that he had taken her phone and she wanted it back. he said she was afraid of her posting photographs on social media and he could find by his club. she followed him to a bedroom to try and get the phone back. she says that he attacked her and raped her. he told her, if she didn't say anything to anybody, she would be able to go back to her house, to the house every night. the next day, she went to hospital because she was bleeding and later get in touch with plea

allegations of rape and sexual assault — he denies all the charges against him. 0ur correspondent nick garnettpolice interview that a woman gave to the police in macclesfield police station in 2020, and she claimed that the attack that she claimed happened was the longest day of her life. the interview was recorded in november 2020 and in it, she explained how she had gone to a nightclub, a bar in cheshire, which is a fairly well—to—do part of the county, and a number of bars and nightclubs are in that area. on another table was the footballer jess lingard, and she was on a table with mr mendy, and some of his friends and they got invited back by mr mendy to his house in mottram st andrew and when she got there, she said that she had her mobile phone taken from her and mr mendy said she could not take any photographs inside the house because if the managerfound out, he would be heavily fined for being on social media and having a party. she tried to get the phone back and was taken upstairs. she walked upstairs with mr mendy to a bedroom and was then attacked on the bed, she was raped in three

nick garnett has been taking a look at the impact of the disruption.ustomers come and they want to do the cheshire ring or the four counties _ those are shut due to the water shortages at the moment. closing the waterways is bad news for the canal boat industry. there are already partial closures near paul donnelly�*s company in middlewich in cheshire. if llangollen was shut, what would that mean for you? it would be difficult. there would be a lot of shorter routes that people would have to do, like out—and—back trips. it wouldn�*t mean that we were closed entirely — there�*d still be things that people could do — but it would obviously have an impact on people�*s experience. and the main thing we want people to do is have a fantastic holiday and enjoy themselves. i was hoping we were off on a long boat trip, but 200 metres upstream we�*re told to turn back. that lock, that's locked completely. they can't go down there, so they can't get round — they're going to have to go the long way round. but there�*s no water down there, is there? no, no water do

nick garnett is outside chester crown court. just take us through the events today., , ., just take us through the events toda. ., ,., , ., ., today. today is a first day of what will be a very _ today. today is a first day of what will be a very long _ today. today is a first day of what will be a very long trial. _ today. today is a first day of what will be a very long trial. the i today. today is a first day of what will be a very long trial. the jury i will be a very long trial. the jury has already been told it will be sitting here until at least november, so a huge amount of detail they will go into and a long case ahead of them. it has been taken up today by the prosecution outlining its case, not evidence, the prosecution explaining what it will say in the coming weeks and months. it has said the case against the two men is they raped and sexually assaulted young women in houses and flats in the manchester area. timothy kray is a consul in charge of the prosecution and says this is not a boring case, this is not a case about football, it is about men who rap

let's speak to nick garnett, who's live at chester crown court.ly assault women because they are powerful and they think they can get away with it. the two men on trial, benjamin mendy, she said, eight counts of assent rape and assault and another man, matturie. both sides deny all the charges. the prosecution says the whole case resolves, it revolves around consent. two men use the women involved as disposable things used for sex and then threw them to one side. benjamin mendy is a footballer with manchester city and won the world cup with france as well. as for the other man on trial, i should explain, you will perhaps know of another famous footballer with a similar name to mr louis saha matturie and it is important to say that the footballer is nothing to do with this trial and is totally unconnected to events here. louis saha matturie is a1, described in court as mr mendy�*s fixer, a friend and helper. the allegation is that he would find young women for the two men and he would take them back to one of mr mendy�*s houses, where they would be

nick garnett is in barnoldswick for us this morning.the canal network is closed. most of that in the north west of england for one reason or another. really it is causing all sorts of for holiday—makers, full businesses, for the people who make their living out on the canal network. a dog has just come over to say hello. so i have been off to go and see how it has been off to go and see how it has been affecting things in middlewich in cheshire. back in the '705, it was quite bad. it's about two foot down this morning, that is. it's really important that we manage the precious water supply we've got, to keep the canals in water and of course, so people can still enjoy them. it's the busiest time of the year for britain's canals, and this year's hot weather is attracting more people than ever. a lot of the customers come and they want to do the cheshire ring or the four counties. those are shut due to the water shortages at the moment. closing the waterways is bad news for the canal boat industry. there are already partial closures near

let's speak to nick garnett, who's live at chester crown court. story, men who rape and have sex with women because they feel they can get away with it. benjamin mendy is accused of eight counts of rape and counts of sexual assault and his co—defendant is accused of eight counts of rape and four counts of sexual assault. the iury four counts of sexual assault. the jury were told that the average age of the women involved was 20 and one was 17 and at no time did the defendants use contraception. both men deny all charges. the prosecution says these women wear disposable to the accused. because of mr mendy�*s wealth people were prepared to get what you wanted. his co—accused, 41 years old, is accused as the fixer for benjamin mendy and one of his roles was to find young woman where they could be raped and sexually assaulted and it would not take no for an answer. the prosecution said the house of mr mendy was a mansion but once the women were taken inside there were prisoners and their mobile phones were taken away. where the women able to give cons

nick garnett reports. back in the '705, it was quite bad.? it would be difficult. there would be a lot of shorter routes that people would have to do, like out—and—back trips. it wouldn't mean that we were closed entirely — there'd still be things that people could do — but it would obviously have an impact on people's experience. and the main thing we want people to do is have a fantastic holiday and enjoy themselves. i was hoping we were off on along boat trip, but 200 metres upstream we're told to turn back. that lock, that's locked completely. they can't go down there, so they can't get round — they're going to have to go the long way round. but there's no water down there, is there? no, no water down there at all. the boats are just all moored up. a lot of the boats, people live on them. i've seen pictures on the macclesfield canal and, you know, there's just a trickle. people like dave molyneux. at the minute, it is a bit low. am i... yeah, yeah, my boat is actually... i can usually rock it back and forth, but you can tell it's sat on