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Former football coach Barry Bennell has been remanded in custody after appearing in court charged with child sex offences. Barry Bennell, the former Crewe Alexandra youth-team coach, has been remanded in custody after appearing in court charged with a string of sexual assaults against a boy in the 1980s. He is scheduled to appear at Chester crown court on 11 January.
The 62-year-old appeared at South Cheshire magistrates’ court in Crewe via video-link charged with five counts of indecent assault on a boy, two counts of inciting a boy to commit an act of gross indecency and one count of assault with intent to commit buggery. Bennell did not enter a plea when he appeared by video-link at Crewe magistrates’ court to face eight offences, including assault with intent to commit buggery, against a boy under the age of 15, from 1981 to 1985.
He was remanded in custody to appear at Chester crown court on 11 January. One of the offences is alleged to have taken place at a Butlins holiday camp, another in a car and another at an address in the Peak District.
More details to follow ... Bennell, 62, looked frail and sat with his arms folded during the 14-minute appearance when he gave his last address as Milton Keynes. He has previously coached boys affiliated to Manchester City and also had past links with Stoke City as well as coaching a number of other junior sides in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Greater Manchester and the United States.