Benjamin Mendy, tsohon dan wasan kwallon kafa na Manchester City, ya ci kotun mai shari’a a kan albashin da ba a biya masa ba daga kulob din. An yanke hukunci a ranar Laraba, wanda ya bayyana cewa Manchester City ta yi wajibi ta biya Mendy mafi yawan albashin da ya kasa samu tsakanin shekarar 2021 zuwa 2023, wanda ya kai kimanin £11 million (dalar Amurka 14.2 million).
Mendy, wanda yake dan wasan kasa da kasa na Faransa, ya kai kara a gaban kotun aikin mai shari’a, inda ya nemi a biya masa albashin da aka toshe masa tun da aka kama shi a watan Satumba 2021 saboda zargin laifukan jima’i. Mendy ya yi ikirarin cewa kulob din ya saba wa doka ya toshe albashinsa, inda ya ce an yi wa alama a cikin sanarwa da ya bayar a gaban kotu cewa an yi wa alama zai biya masa albashin bayan an aikata shi.
An same shi ba zato ba tsamba daga zargin laifukan jima’i a watan Janairu 2023, bayan shari’ar da aka yi a kotun korama ta Chester. Daga baya aka sake shi ba zato ba tsamba daga zargin laifukan jima’i biyu a wani shari’a na biyu.
Mai shari’a Joanne Dunlop ya yanke hukunci cewa Mendy ya kasance a kurkuku tsawon wata biyar daga cikin wata 22 da aka kai kara, lokacin da kulob din ya samu damar toshe albashinsa. Amma ta ce Mendy ba shi da laifi a lokacin da aka dakatar da shi na wata 17 ta baya ta hanyar hukumar kwallon kafa ta Ingila (FA) da shartu na baiwa agaji, wanda ya hana shi yin aikinsa na wajibi.
Kotun ta kuma bayyana cewa kwamitin ya samu cewa Mendy ya kasance ‘ready and willing to work’ lokacin da ba a kashe shi a kurkuku ba, amma an hana shi yin aikinsa na hanyar dakatarwar da FA da shartu na baiwa agaji, wanda ba shi da ikon kaucewa.
Mendy yanzu yake taka leda a kulob din Lorient na Faransa, wanda yake a Ligue 2, bayan da aka sake shi daga zargin laifukan jima’i. Kulob din Manchester City na da zaɓi ya kai ƙarar zuwa kotu don sake yanke hukunci.
