Five rugby players including two Irishmen go on trial over gang-rape of 21-year-old student at French hotel in 2017 Three rugby players are accused of raping the student at a hotel in March 2017 Two other players meanwhile are accused of doing nothing to prevent the crime By Peter Allen and David Averre Published: 11:02, 17 June 2024 | Updated: 11:02, 17 June 2024 e-mail View comments Two Irishmen are among five rugby players due to appear in a French court today in connection with the gang rape of a student. Denis Coulson, a 30-year-old Dubliner, is said to have taken part in the sex attack on the then-21-year-old student along with Frenchman Loick Jammes, 29, and New Zealander Rory Grice, 34. Chris Farrell, 31 - a Six Nations Championship winner with Ireland in 2018 - and Dylan Hayes, 30, from New Zealand , are accused of 'failing to prevent the crime '.
The men will appear at the Bordeaux Assizes on Monday afternoon for a trial listed for 10 days. All five were teammates playing for FC Grenoble Rugby, in eastern France , when the gang rape is said to have happened in a hotel in Merignac, a suburb of Bordeaux where the city airport is situated, on March 12, 2017. The accused deny any wrongdoing, and claim that the woman involved – who cannot be named for legal reasons – consented to sex with three of them while all were extremely drunk.
Denis Coulson, a 30-year-old Dubliner, is said to have taken part in the sex attack on the then-21-year-old student New Zealander Rory .
