Manchester City's failure to investigate fully Barry Bennell or involve police represented 'a wholly inadequate response', a QC-led report has found. The Premier League leaders on Wednesday apologised unreservedly for their role in the child abuse scandal that has rocked football. Bennell, a jailed, prolific paedophile, was never on the staff at Maine Road but was intrinsically linked with the club, taking expenses and using training facilities. The Mulcahy Report criticises City's historic behaviour over Bennell, and fellow abusers John Broome and Bill Toner, who were also connected to the club. A group of eight men are suing City, although the club has paid out several millions already via a private compensation scheme.

Source: Daily Mail March 17, 2021 22:32 UTC