Barry BennellFormer football coach Barry Bennell has been found guilty of 36 charges of indecent assault and rape after a trial at Liverpool Crown Court. Bennell, 64, was found guilty on 27 counts of indecent assault, seven counts of rape and two counts of attempted rape involving 10 victims, who were all children, between 1979 and 1990. During the course of his trial, Bennell was described as a "child molester on an industrial scale" who would not just groom his victims, but also their families. Victims who had been coached by Bennell as boys told how he had a "power hold" over them as they dreamed of becoming professional footballers. His barrister, Eleanor Laws QC, described him as being a "sitting target" after being convicted of child sexual abuse in the 1990s and in 2015.

Source: Sky sports February 13, 2018 16:17 UTC