Ex-Football Coach Barry Bennell Guilty Of Sex Abuse

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43050466

A good result ! Lets hope this slimy creep dies in prison.

[Peter Pedant]

not sure why they are going for all 46 counts and not just settle for the 37

unless one of the remainder is a biggy

[mikey4444]

The legal niceties of this case is beyond me...as along as this pervert stays in chokey, that is the only thing that is important.

[EDDIE51]

I keep wondering how many more there are that have not been revealed yet. I'm willing to bet there are a few scared sports coaches out there. Not to mention other youth leaders and teachers.

[mikey4444]

A former colleague of Bennell was charged last week Eddie, and I fully expect that there will be more over the next few weeks and months.

There are already a list of football coaches that have already been charged and convicted of offences against boys....see here ::::

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_football_sexual_abuse_scandal

[wolf63]

It is sad that men who work (or volunteer) with children in any capacity could be looked upon with suspicion due to perverts like this guy.

[mikey4444]

Wolfie....I agree, but the very idea that anybody could have done these things all those years ago, was considered outlandish at the time. See my wiki link.

But something that the scandals unearthed by Savile, Cyril Smith, etc, have shown us that anything was possible in those days.

I hope to goodness that we have learned something now, and that this kind of thing is much less likely to happen nowadays.

[Jahulaye]

“They compared him to the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, while his victims described his home as a "paradise" for young boys, where they would play games and be given takeaway food.
Boys were abused at his home - where he had arcade games and exotic pets including a puma and a monkey -

That^ sounds creepily like Michael Jackson

[EDDIE51]

^ Exactly,but the last time I mentioned M J and his long term child abuse I ended up getting suspended from AB.

[Jahulaye]

Are we not allowed to mention mj?Why?

[ladybirder]

Perhaps the Ed was worried about getting sued EDDIE.

[Jahulaye]

Seriously ladybirder? He’s dead, how can he sue and I’m guessing his family aren’t members here.

[douglas9401]

On past performance it may have been due to 'persisting' to the point of obsession.

[ladybirder]

Could well be Douglas. Perhaps EDDIE could tell us.
Jahulaye, EDDIE could have written it when MJ was still alive. The Ed can't afford to take any chances. It was just a suggestion, I'm not going to argue about it.

[Jahulaye]

Yes I see ladybirder, if he was alive during allegations without having been found guilty then it probably coulfyhave lead to a lawsuit if the vulture lawyers caught wind of it. For the record I’m amending my answer to “sounds creepily like the ALLEGATIONS” towards Michael Jackson

[Davemano]

Should never have got a job involving youngsters, having already served three periods of imprisonment for offences against boys.

[Jahulaye]

Really davemano? I don’t understand the law, people with sexual convictions getting jobs with kids, people with convictions of violence getting jobs in care homes, no doubt we’ll soon hear that someone in the United Nations has convictions for being a nazi war criminal.

My friend had a conviction for theft, had changed his life around but can’t get any work because of that, go figure.

[Spicerack]

Not just any job, jahulaye.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/14/world/europe/14iht-waldheim.3.6141106.html

[anotheoldgit]

It is just the same as these actresses that are now coming forward with their claims of sexual assault, one has to ask why didn't these boys come forward sooner?

[naomi24]

Good! Dirty old devil!

aog, these were children at the time they were assaulted.