Benjamin Mendy WINS partial victory in legal battle with Man City over £11million in unpaid wages

Benjamin Mendy has won a partial victory in his legal claim against Manchester City over unpaid wages whilst he was accused of sex offences.

The former Blues defender sued the club for over £11 million in 'unauthorised deductions' from his pay whilst he was accused of rape, attempted rape, and sexual assault. He was later found not guilty of all the charges.

The French World Cup winner took the club to an Employment Tribunal over the payments, which was heard over two days last month. In a judgement published today (Wednesday), Employment Judge Joanne Dunlop said: "I have concluded that Mr Mendy is entitled to recover some, but not all, of the sums claimed."

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She ruled in favour of Mr Mendy apart from the periods when he breached bail 'due to his own culpable actions'.

The judge said: "I doubt that quite so much legal expertise and endeavour has ever before been expended in the prosecution and defence of a wages claim brought by a single claimant. But then, I am also fairly sure that no other single claimant has ever alleged that sums in the region of £11 million have been deducted from his wages."

She added: "I found that Mr Mendy was 'ready and willing' to work during the non-custody periods, and was prevented from doing so by impediments (the FA suspension and bail conditions) which were unavoidable or involuntary on his part. In those circumstances, and absent any authorisation in the contract for the employer to withhold pay, he was entitled to be paid. In contrast, during the periods when he was remanded in custody, his inability to perform the contract was, in part, due to his own culpable actions in