Angoulême, France, April 4, 2026 (AFP) - French jury upholds jail terms for three rugby players over gang rape

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2026-04-04

A French court on Saturday upheld the prison sentences of up to 14 years imposed on three former rugby players who had appealed their convictions for raping a student in 2017. Irishman Denis Coulson, 31, and Frenchman Loick Jammes, 31, had been sentenced to 14 years behind bars, and New Zealander Rory Grice, 36, to 12 years in jail. The jail terms were handed down after a trial in the French city of Bordeaux in late 2024 over the rape of a 20-yea......

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