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10C.....its always difficult prosecuting someone who has already been found guilty of previous, identical offences.
It must have been very awkward to gather a Jury of 12 people, that had no knowledge whatsoever of Bennell and his past life of abusing boys. I am not sure that the Law says that those people would have to have never have heard of Bennell....
I suspect that the Judge would have been content with some Members, at least, have prior knowledge.
But that really isn't important. Each of the persecution witnesses would have been put through some very tough, highly unpleasant cross-questioning by his Barrister.
But in the end, all of the boys, now men, told the same story, of the relentless grooming and the identical horrific attacks.
At least one of the boys was only 8 years old when Bennell raped him, and continued to rape him for years.
To be frank, I still can't see why Bennell wasn't given a fair trial. He made a noose for own neck, by admitting some of the charges, but denying the others.