Two rowers accused of taking pictures of themselves raping a woman and then sharing the photos to a WhatsApp group called 'The Gruesome Threesome' face a fresh trial.

Jesse Burgoine, 28, and Artjom Nepryahin, 25, allegedly targeted the woman in a nightclub before taking her home and raping her on a sofa after she fell asleep.

Nepryahin, from Liverpool, and Burgoine, from Wrestlingworth in Bedfordshire, were told they now face a re-trial on December 5 after a jury at Nottingham Crown Court was unable to reach a verdict.

Artjom Nepryahin, 25, (left) and Jesse Burgoine, 28, (right) face a fresh trial after they stood accused of allegedly raping a woman they met in a nightclub

The pair have been granted bail and were told they must not contact each other or the alleged victim.

Jurors were unable to reach a verdict on Friday after two days of deliberations.

Burgoine, who coaches a young women's Great Britain Rowing team, was a longstanding friend of Nepryahin, another keen rower.

Burgoine was making a journey home in December 2014 when he visited Nepryahin, who had a flat in Nottingham at the time, the trial heard.

They went to Coco Tang club in the city where they allegedly saw the girl and danced with her, before she got in a taxi back to the flat with them.

The pair had been drinking in Nepryahin's flat when they decided to visit Coco Tang club in Nottingham where they met the woman (pictured, the entrance of the club, left)