Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
‘FOOTIE ABUSE’ VICTIM: WE ALL WANTED TO BE A STAR
FORMER coach Barry Bennell had a “power hold” over boys who dreamt of being professional footballers, a court heard.
Bennell, 64, is accused of 48 child sex offences against 11 victims between 1979-1990. Yesterday a jury at Liverpool crown court heard how one alleged victim met Bennell when he came to a training session as a scout for Manchester City.
He said: “He would make you feel like you stood out. Every boy just dreamed of being a footballer, so everybody wanted to please him.” Boys would stay at Bennell’s home, above a video shop he owned, where he would play music loudly during the abuse, the court heard.
The pan-pipes tune Cacharpaya “just sends chills down my spine”, said the witness, who added victims kept quiet because, “We HERE’S your chance to attend a starstudded night at this year’s Baftas at the Royal Albert Hall.
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and didn’t want to spoil our chances: ‘I want to play for City’.”
He described being abused “tens of tens, if not 100” times over about three years before Bennell, who denies the charges, lost interest.
The trial continues. Answers must be received by 4pm on Monday January 29, 2017.