Mendy and his pal shared 'misogynistic' messages

BENJAMIN Mendy and his friend Louis Saha Matturie exchanged ‘misogynistic’ messages which exposed their alleged attitudes towards women, it can be revealed.

- JOHN SCHEERHOUT

But the judge in their trial resisted moves to show them to jurors deliberating on their cases, even though he said they showed the pair had ‘lost their moral compass’.

Mr Mendy and Mr Matturie were both cleared of a series of sexual allegations, including rape, after two crown court trials. The police investigation uncovered hundreds of messages between the pair as part of 101 ‘conversations’ from 2019 to 2021. The defence objected to them being shown to jurors, and ultimately they were not introduced as evidence in the case.

During legal argument in the absence of the jury, Timothy Cray KC, the prosecutor at the first trial, claimed the messages exposed a ‘reckless attitude towards consent’.

Some of them were read out in court. One message said: “Bro, if no-one f***s the girls they go cos they can’t sleep here no space.”