The jury in the trial of Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy has retired to consider their verdicts.
Mendy, 28, and his co-accused, Louis Saha Matturie, 41, have been on trial at Chester Crown Court since August 10, accused of multiple sex offences against young women. Both men deny all offences.
Judge Steven Everett, the Recorder of Chester, told the eight men and four women on the jury that if verdicts had not been reached this week, with the court not sitting on Friday or the following week, they will come back to court on December 19 to continue deliberations.