'He wasn't a little boy. He's bigger than me. He's 14': Chilling footage reveals Barry Bennell's attitude to his crimes

Serial sexual offender Barry Bennell has, for the fourth time, been convicted for abusing children.

The convicted paedophile, aged 64, first went before the courts in the US in 1994, accused of sexual assault against a child.

But chilling footage, obtained by ITV News, of the moments after that first conviction reveals his dismissive attitude towards his crimes.

Asked whether there was anything he would like to say to the "little boy", he replied: "Little boy? He wasn't a little boy. He's bigger than me. He's 14."

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Bennell was subsequently convicted twice more in the UK, before being found guilty this week of a further 43 charges dating between 1979 and 1990, which related to 11 youngsters who were aged between eight and 15 at the time.

For the former players who broke their silence in public and then the courtroom most recently to reveal Bennell's abuse, his latest conviction is a victory after a nightmare ordeal.

"It's the hardest thing I've ever done in my life," victim Chris Unsworth told ITV News before going silent.

Asked how he found strength, he said: "I found strength because ... hoping, knowing that there was light at the end of the tunnel.

"And there was. So yeah, the 14 months that we have been through this has been awful yep but just to hear those words it was all worthwhile."

Former Manchester City youth coach Ray Hinett told ITV News he suspects Bennell's actions were not secret to everybody at the club.

"From what I know now I just think they definitely knew," he said.

"I don't mean right through the club but I think the people directly involved with him would know.

"If they did know, it's terrible that someone has just brushed it under the carpet."