those teams were connected to manchester city said the relationship between bennell manchester city was akin to employment and the club is vicariously liable to the harm they suffered. manchester city denied this and denied any connection with bennell in the 1980s. we heard from barry bennell himself, he gave two days of evidence in prison from cambridge where he also denied a connection with the club in the judge has dismissed him as a liar and said his evidence was not credible. today mrjusticejohnson has said he dismissed each of the claims on the grounds of time limit that has elapsed between the abuse and now. he said it was brought to late to result in a fair trial. he did say each claimant had proved that bennell abused them. on the point of connection between bennell and the club and he said it was sufficient to give rise to vicarious