At the pyeongchang games. A jury has found the former football coach Barry Bennell guilty of multiple counts of sexual abuse. His victims were young footballers, boys aged between eight and 15, groomed by bennell, who claimed he could fulfil their dreams of becoming professional footballers. During the trial, he was described as a child molester on an industrial scale. In total, the jury at Liverpool Crown court returned guilty verdicts on 36 counts. They are yet to reach a verdict on seven further counts. Joining me from Liverpool Crown court is our correspondent, ben ando. What happened in court this afternoon . This has been a four week trial, the jury this has been a four week trial, the jury has been directing for three days. They have reached verdicts on some of the towns facing Barry Bennell, who was a very highly respected football coach with clubs like stoke city, Manchester City and Crewe Alexandra in the 1980s. Up until 1990. Thats what we heard. In total, bennell faced 48 c
27 year old Elise Christie crashes out of the womens 500 metres speed skating final. And prince harry and Meghan Markle have visited Edinburgh Castle on their first officialjoint appearance in scotland. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The former football coach Barry Bennell has been found guilty of multiple sex offences against young boys in the 1980s. Bennell, whos 64, had denied 48 charges, including indecent assault and serious Sexual Assaults, but the jury convicted him on 36 counts, and has asked for more time to consider seven others. During the trial prosecutors described him as a predatory paedophile, who molested young boys on an industrial scale. Danny savage reports. Barry bennell, a football coach who abused many young boys in his charge. Today, he was convicted of sexually assaulting boys aged between eight and 15. He was the gatekeeper to a dream world in football, but his victims had to silently suffer horrific abuse. His trial heard he was a child molester on an i
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