Len Rum
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I tuned in to listen and heard it was withdrawn.
Sorry didn't catch the reason.
Anyone else help?
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Paedophilia within the game/City launch redress scheme
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Sorry didn't catch the reason.
Anyone else help?
kaz7
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I would think once a formal case is opened they have to stop talking to the media
johnny on the spot
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Cheers folks.
mrtwiceaseason
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Playing devils advocate if you had a settled family life would you be tempted to not come forward now that bennell has been charged or would you still come forward ?
Blue Streak
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Bennell has been charged with further offences committed between 1981-84 and thus a court date is apparently pending so the interview with David White cannot be played for legal reasons.
kaz7
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If it is still screwing with your head then coming foward and getting him charged as well as getting the support from the other victims would probably help you a lotPlaying devils advocate if you had a settled family life would you be tempted to not come forward now that bennell has been charged or would you still come forward ?
johnny on the spot
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Playing devils advocate if you had a settled family life would you be tempted to not come forward now that bennell has been charged or would you still come forward ?
I'm no expert, but I'd imagine with his previous convictions he's now staring down the barrel of a very serious sentence.
cleavers
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He'll be convicted sentenced using the sentencing rules at the time he committed the offence like Stuart Hall was, so it might not be as long as it probably should be.I'm no expert, but I'd imagine with his previous convictions he's now staring down the barrel of a very serious sentence.
Trevor Morley's Tache
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The 'dots' were joined many, many times, that's not how institutional abuse works, it works, as is about to be unveiled, by collaborating in hiding the offences, something which has took nearly 30 years to come out.....
A few whispers coming out of the club the last few days, our fav ever chairman, who had a cushy one at the FA, could of been well aware of this..
You mention embarrassment as a cause for the victim to hide, it's true but far from the underlining factor... In most instances it's fear, the fear of reprisal from hollow threats made by the abuser, this affords them control, this is at the very foundation of those who commit the horrid acts...
Yeah, maybe the dots were joined by someone, but not by the right people. If anyone buried this, it was the FA, and probably a number of officials at a number of clubs. The evidence was there in the 1997 program, but it wasn't acted upon. Maybe this does go right to the top. Maybe the police did know. Maybe some of the involved move in mysterious circles.
Barry Bennel's power over these players was the perceived ability to make or break a career in football. It may be argued that when the players made it into their respective First Teams, his power over them was diminished.
I've just heard the news and he has been charged with 8 offences against a child under the age of 14. Too late though eh?