Manchester City will this week call convicted sex offender Barry Bennell to give evidence on their behalf as their High Court case against eight of his victims comes to a close.
Bennell will appear by video link from Category C HMP Littlehey, in Cambridgeshire, where he is serving a 34-year term for abusing young footballers while Crewe Alexandra’s youth-team coach and, before that, as an unpaid coach and scout for City.
The 67-year-old is a key witness for City, whose stance in court is that he was not working for them at the time of the abuse.