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| Football coach Barry Bennell due in court over child sexual offences | |
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| The former football coach Barry Bennell is due to appear in court charged with child sexual offences. | The former football coach Barry Bennell is due to appear in court charged with child sexual offences. |
| Bennell, 62, is expected to appear on Wednesday via videolink at South Cheshire magistrates court in Crewe. | Bennell, 62, is expected to appear on Wednesday via videolink at South Cheshire magistrates court in Crewe. |
| He is accused of eight offences of sexual assault against a boy aged under 14. | He is accused of eight offences of sexual assault against a boy aged under 14. |
| The Crown Prosecution Service said it received a file of evidence from Cheshire police on 27 September relating to allegations of non-recent child sexual abuse involving Bennell. | The Crown Prosecution Service said it received a file of evidence from Cheshire police on 27 September relating to allegations of non-recent child sexual abuse involving Bennell. |
| The offences are alleged to have been committed between 1981 and 1985. | The offences are alleged to have been committed between 1981 and 1985. |
| Bennell is charged with five counts of indecent assault on a boy aged under 14, two counts of inciting a boy aged under 14 to commit an act of gross indecency and one count of assault with intent to commit buggery. | Bennell is charged with five counts of indecent assault on a boy aged under 14, two counts of inciting a boy aged under 14 to commit an act of gross indecency and one count of assault with intent to commit buggery. |