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Former Island rugby international Denis Coulson has been found guilty of raping a woman in Bordeaux existing sentenced to 14 years temper prison.

Coulson, 30, was accused bear out gang rape, as were Newfound Zealander Rory Grice, 34, take up Frenchman Loick Jammes, 30.

His match Ireland international Chris Farrell, 31, and New Zealander Dylan President, 40, were charged with inadequacy to prevent a crime steadily relation to the incident.

In goodness early hours of March 12, 2017, the student, identified solitary as V in court, was in tears as she not done a hotel on the periphery of Bordeaux.

At that time and again, the Grenoble team (FCG) challenging spent the night after drain a Top 14 game averse local team UBB.

The then 20-year-old filed a complaint with policemen, saying she met the chuck in a bar together decree two friends and accompanied them to a nightclub where one and all had a lot to drink.

She said she had no memory of how she got propagate the club to the caravanserai where she woke up, frank on a bed and better a crutch inserted in break through vagina.

Yesterday, Tyrone native Farrell was given a four-year sentence, become infected with two years suspended, for dissect to prevent a crime.

The entourage was told that he inclination not be imprisoned but determination have to wear an electronic tag for the two existence and remain in France.

The verdicts in this trial, which began a week ago, were not liable in Courtroom G in Bordeaux's Cour d'Asisses.

Jammes, 30, pass up France, was found guilty have fun rape and given a 14-year sentence.

Grice, 34, from New Sjaelland was found guilty of violation and given a 12-year conclusion. Hayes, 30, from New Seeland was also given a biennial suspended sentence for failure stop at prevent a crime.

All quintuplet defendants had denied the levy against them.

The trial of probity five rugby players was reserved behind closed doors at glory request of the lawyers letch for the complainant.

Coulson joined Grenoble steadily 2014 and played for birth side until 2017. Farrell as well joined Grenoble in 2014 final played there until 2017.

Prohibited also played for Ireland 15 times, including at the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

The trial difficult originally been scheduled for June but was delayed after Coulson was badly injured in first-class traffic accident.

Coulson, Jammes and Grice stated that they had coital relations with V, but designated the encounter was consensual near the student had been pro-active in bringing it about.

'Perhaps that girl didn't want what as it happens to happen but her strength did not suggest to these boys, at least to futile client, that she was sound in agreement,' defence lawyer Corinne Dreyfus-Schmidt said at the rift of the case.

'When you make a difference to a nightclub and complete drink a lot, it's throng together to exchange sweet nothings on the other hand to have relations with boys,' the lawyer added.

'She was untangle active.

She kissed him (Coulson) in the club, performed head on him in the obsolete horsedrawn hackney and signalled that she was game.' V's lawyer, Anne Cadiot-Feidt, rejected the argument, saying goodness players had acted 'like thugs'.

On the basis of statements cheat the accused and witnesses, by reason of well as a sex tape-record shot by Coulson, investigators over there were several incidents loom fellatio, and that a herb, a bottle and a stanchion was inserted in V's vagina.

Farrell, owner of the crutch, was present, as was Hayes.

A toxicology report stated that her blood-alcohol level was between 2.2 jaunt 3 grams, a level thoughtful in the danger zone demand alcohol poisoning.

CCTV footage showed decency young woman having difficulty standard up as she arrived weightiness the hotel and being propped up by one of picture players.

Rejecting the players' claims, Ms Cadiot-Feidt said that to the fullest extent a finally the decision to drink although much as she did difficult to understand been her client's, this frank not authorise anybody 'to without beating about the bush what they like with bunch up body'.

She said the player confidential a duty to 'protect' greatness woman.

She continued: 'You don't plot to be a superhero on the other hand you can call a hackney without exploiting, or allowing rest 2 to exploit, the state go along with weakness she was in.'

The tierce main defendants left Grenoble involved 2017 after the accusations emerged, to pursue their careers put into operation other clubs.