Gang-rape trial involving five rugby players in France is adjourned after former Irish Under-20 accused of sex attack is hospitalized in 'extremely serious' car crash 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: 11:16 EDT, 17 June 2024 | Updated: 11:19 EDT, 17 June 2024 e-mail The criminal trial of five rugby players over the alleged gang-rape of a student has been adjourned following a serious road accident involving Irish defendant Denis Coulson. The 30-year-old Dubliner, who represented his country at Under-20 level, was due in the dock of the Bordeaux Assizes, in southwest France , on Monday afternoon. He is said to have taken part in the sex attack on the 21-year-old along woman with Frenchman Loick Jammes, 29, and New Zealander Rory Grice, 34.
Chris Farrell, 31 and a Six Nations Championship winner with Ireland, is meanwhile accused of 'failing to prevent the crime ', along with Dylan Hayes, 30, from New Zealand . But at the start of proceedings, judges were told that Coulson was badly hurt in a car last Wednesday. 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 Grice is accused of rape Frenchman Loick Jammes is also accused of raping the student His lawyer, Corinne Dreyfus-Schmidt, told the court: 'He suffered an extremely serious .
