Footballer accused of eight sexual offences against five
Women bailed until 24 January
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Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy, who has been accused of a series of serious sex offences against young women, has been freed on bail.
The 27-year-old French international has been in custody for more than four months, since first being arrested and charged on 26 August last year, and was freed on Friday after a bail hearing at Chester crown court.