French court jails 3 rugby players for 12 to 14 years over gang rape

It sentenced Irishman Denis Coulson, 30, and Frenchman Loick Jammes, 30, to 14 years behind bars, and New Zealander Rory Grice, 34, to 12 years in jail. None of the three had been in detention until now. Coulson had stopped playing rugby and was working in construction, while Jammes and Grice have been playing for Provence Rugby and Oyonnax, two French clubs in second division. Gaessy Gros, one of the lawyers representing the victim, said the ruling "gave a very strong signal to men in this country, to the rugby world, and to women".