Manchester City and France footballer Benjamin Mendy denied nine sexual offences against six young women as he appeared in court on Monday. The 27-year-old player stood in the dock at Chester Crown Court and repeated: "Not guilty" as the charges were put to him and he entered pleas for the first time. The defender denies seven counts of rape, one count of sexual assault and one count of attempted rape, relating to six complainants. All the alleged offences are said to have taken place at his home address near Macclesfield, northwest England, between October 2018 and August last year.