The tension was palpable this Tuesday, August 16 in the morning in the courtroom of the court in Chester, a small town in the north of England.
And the technical problems didn't help.
Jurors charged with trying footballer Benjamin Mendy and his friend Louis Saha Matturie were about to listen to a video interview of the first alleged victim, during his statement to police, but the sound...wasn't working.
The testimony is expected to be retransmitted on Wednesday and the hearing has been adjourned.
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