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Alhaji Sesay: Former Bristol City goalkeeper found guilty on rape charges

Alhaji Sesay has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after raping and attempting to rape two women in separate attacks.

The 22-year-old Sierra Leonean, who played for Bristol City, pleaded not guilty on all counts, but he was found guilty and sentenced to four years for attempted rape in Bristol and six years for rape and attempted rape in London.

He was cleared of a second rape charge prior to Wednesday's sentencing at Bristol Crown Court.

Sesay’s four-week trial heard how the first incident took place at a nightclub in Bristol city centre on 11 July 2019.