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Barry Bennell: Sentencing for paedophile football coach

A former football coach is to be sentenced after he was found guilty of 43 historical child sex abuse offences.

Barry Bennell was described as a "a child molester on an industrial scale". It's believed he could have more than 100 victims.

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Paedophile football coach appears in the dock

Paedophile football coach Barry Bennell has appeared in the dock to be sentenced.

The 64-year-old, who wore a blue jumper and white polo shirt for the hearing, was transferred from HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes to Liverpool Crown Court.

He had appeared via videolink from prison for his five-and-a-half week trial because of health problems.

The former Crewe Alexandra coach will be sentenced for 50 child sexual offences, with many of those specimen counts to reflect the numerous occasions the "industrial scale" abuser targeted some of his 12 victims between 1979 and 1991.

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