The change came just one day after a seventh rape count was filed for the French player.
Benjamin Mendy, charged with seven counts of rape, spent Christmas in one of the harshest and most sinister prisons in England, just as The Sun. The left-back, suspended by Manchester City last August, was transferred on December 23 from the HM Prison Altcourse Category B prison in Liverpool to the Strangeways maximum security prison, located in the north of Manchester.
In this case, the penitentiary, officially HMP Manchester, was inaugurated in 1868, it is Category A because it houses prisoners whose escape is considered dangerous and in their cells they have been imprisoned, among others, the footballer Joey Barton and the serial killer Harold Shipman, publishes diary AS from Spain.
The change came just one day after a seventh rape count was brought against the French gamer and the British tabloid reveals that his co-defendant, Louis Saha Matturie, was also transferred to the same location on the same day.
The measure comes because the case has such repercussions in the media and involves such a popular face that they fear that Mendy’s safety could be threatened.
“Both Mendy and Matturie have been transferred because their case is very high profile. That can lead to security and prisoner handling problems and it was considered that Category A conditions could be better equipped to deal with any potential problem, ”a source for the same media slipped.
“The Penitentiary Service has a responsibility to manage prisoners in the safest way possible,” he said.
Many Manchester United fans
The Sun He adds that an investigation carried out in September revealed that most of the inmates are locked up for 22 hours a day, although the player will not be able to rest in his own cell.
“You won’t know what it’s like to come from Altcourse, which is a privately run prison. Strangeways is one of the toughest prisons in the country. And his other problem will be the number of Manchester United fans there, ”commented the same source.
“They will scream his name for weeks so he doesn’t sleep much, especially since he’s accused of sex crimes. There are also many City fans, but even the most avid ones will have a difficult time defending a suspected sex offender, “he explained.
Mendy will still have to be there for a few days because the trial will not take place until next January 24. (D)
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