Barry Bennell 'contacted alleged victim to say cancer was payback'

Liverpool crown court hears that former football coach contacted ex-player he allegedly abused 25 years earlier

Barry Bennell contacted one of his alleged victims via Facebook a quarter of a century after subjecting the former Manchester City junior player to a four-year ordeal that had included raping the boy numerous times, a jury has heard.

Bennell used a Facebook account in the name of Richard Barry to ask his former player in 2009 if they could get back in touch, and referred to the fact he was now suffering cancer as “payback,” the trial at Liverpool crown court was told.

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