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French court postpones trial of five rugby players over alleged student rape

Grenoble's Irish centre Chris Farrell (2ndL) and Grenoble's Irish prop Denis Coulson (R) arrive on 21 March, 2017 at the police station in Grenoble, French Alps. They are among the five rugby players facing trial over rape allegations. (File photo) AFP - JEAN-PIERRE CLATOT

The trial of a group of rugby players accused of gang raping a student after a 2017 match by leading French team Grenoble was due to open Monday. But the absence of one of them, immobilised in Ireland after a car accident, forced the court to postpone the trial.

The proceedings started in the early afternoon but the court had to postpone the trial as one of the three co-accused of gang rape, Irishman Denis Coulson, was absent.

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