', Speed's 2012 inquest heard that he was was found hanged after rowing with his wife, Louise (pictured together in May 2011), Bennell (pictured) was convicted of abusing 11 young football hopefuls yesterday and faces a lengthy jail term. When Mark returned, say friends, he was a changed boy. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. In 2016 a former director at Crewe said the club had been warned about Bennell but they let him stay on as coach. An inquest into Speed's death later on found no . That morning, the Football. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. In front of him is Mark Hazeldine, who shared Gary's dreams of footballing glory. He was found hanged at his home near Chester in November of the same year, aged 42. At 36 years old, Mark Hazeldine took his own life after suffering from drug and alcohol abuse, more than 20 years after he was trained by Bennell. It was reported that Bennell swapped young victims with other paedophiles, including Frank Roper, a football scout who abused England star Paul Stewart. Gary Speed playing for Everton in 1996 (Image: Allsport UK) A decade on, Gary Speed's death still confounds the football community. He said he 'couldn't believe it' when Bennell was unmasked as a paedophile. Read our, {{#verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} {{^verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}}. There might have been other factors involved well never know. Roger, who lives with his wife of 50 years, Carol, in Flintshire, Wales, said that he met Bennell when he would go to collect Gary , then a youngster, from training. In March 2012, four months after Speed's death, Bennell spoke to a journalist unaware that he was being recorded. Former British football coach Barry Bennell is facing sentence at a UK court on 50 offences of sexual abuse against 12 victims, aged between 8 -15 in the years 1979 and 1990. Bennell worked with Crewe, Manchester City, Stoke and several junior clubs in the north west. I was there. Gary Speed died, aged 42, on 27 November 2011. He was then imprisoned nine years in England in 1998 for abusing six young people charges of sexual assault. Speaking about contacting other alleged victims of Bennell, the victim said: "When people are breaking down on the phone, on the verge of suicide, when you hear of people who have taken their own lives". Well,99.9%, yeah. THE football clubs who employed Barry Bennell during his reign of terror could face multi-million-pound payouts to victims. Manchester City extended its sympathy to victims as it revealed it had identified another abuser John Broome who was operating at the club in the late 1960s. In 1997 I made a programme called Soccer's Foul Play, for Channel 4's Dispatches which broke the story of sexual abuse in football, and identified Bennell as one of three paedophile youth coaches at clubs in the UK. The kids would all follow him. As well as the 43 charges he was convicted of, Bennell admitted seven more relating to a 12th victim at the start of his Liverpool Crown Court trial. Dywedodd y dioddefwr wrth reithgor fod Gary Speed a thri dyn arall - un arall o Gymru - oedd wedi cael eu hyfforddi gan Barry Bennell wedi mynd ymlaen i ladd eu hunain. 'I think Ken thought football was a man's game where it couldn't happen. News Barry Bennell gary speed. Is it time Harry & Meghan accept Clarkson's apology and move on? Asked about claiming compensation, he told the court: "I know personally, for me, it's about justice. The former Wales manager was found dead at his home in November 2011. Well, 99.9 percent, yeah. Nine years after the Welsh. So you have to say there will be hundreds of boys affected'. He told the newspaper: 'It's documented that he's been abusing since the 1970s all the way through until he was arrested in the 1990s. "He was old enough in the head even at that age he knew what he wanted. The victim told the court he knew of former youth players who had been left "destitute" and with alcohol problems. If so, could the sexual abuse they'd suffered have been a factor in their deaths? By Victoria Ward 13 May. Newcastle said they would cooperate with authorities 'if or when the club receives further information'. The period of abuse spanned 1978 to 1992. Meanwhile, Speeds family have rejected the possibility that their late relative was abused. After a four-day trial he was acquitted of . Barnes died in 2010, aged 81, and had a long association with City, including an 11-year stint as a player, appearing in the 1955 and 1956 FA Cup finals. 'Straight away it came into my head that Mark went away with him and had something happened?' The court heard he thought Mr Barnes, who played for the club from 1950 to 1961 and died in 2010, and Mike Grimsley, who managed a Manchester City youth team, had known about the abuse carried out by Bennell. What has struck me returning to this story 20 years on is the long-term psychological impact of such abuse. ", Additional reporting by Press Association. Speed, the much-loved Wales manager, a midfield great of the Premier League era, had taken his own life. 'Our abuse is punctuated by the failure of adults to protect innocent children.'. According to experts, most men who have been abused as children seem unable to talk about their experiences until they reach their forties. A convicted paedophile in 2018, he also coached Gary Speed during the player's years. Gary Speed, the former manager of the Welsh football team, was one of four men coached by Barry Bennell who went on to take their own lives, a court has heard. Bungling helicopter pilot blows over stadium roof injuring eight, Five hidden-gem destinations for an unforgettable holiday in 2023, BBC Breakfast celebrates forty years of hilarious bloopers, Royal Family will find it 'impossible' to compromise with Sussexes, Ken Bruce will be joining the Greatest Hits Radio family in April, As it happened: UK Government blocks Scotland's new gender law, Russian pro-war fanatic warns Britain could be 'wiped off the map', Locals desperately smash windows of overturned double-decker bus. Gary Andrew Speed MBE (8 September 1969 - 27 November 2011) was a Welsh professional footballer and manager. And so did Chris Unsworth, who also was a trainee at the Railwaymen. Presented by Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative) Government Bill - Northern Ireland Office. In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-TALK. Speed's mother, Carol, 72, of Queensferry, North Wales, said last night: 'Gary was interviewed twice by police and said nothing had taken place. Han var fra 2010 og indtil sin dd landstrner for Wales A-landshold . He was a clever lad". ', Asked if he is 'absolutely certain that Gary Speed was abused by Bennell', he replies: '100 percent. He was a clever lad. But Gary's dad Roger backs his late son in saying that he was not a victim of twisted Bennell. . Wales pay tribute to Gary Speed but suffer 1-0 defeat to Costa Rica. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. I really do.. Describing how his own ordeal still haunted him, Bennells victim told Liverpool crown court he was sick to death of it still being in his life; he told the jury he had wanted to get in touch with Speeds parents because he had read in the media that they had not been able to get closure as there was no explanation for their sons death. Others talk of the overwhelming sense of guilt they'd felt as they watched Bennell groom younger boys to replace them and not spoken out; guilt for their fathers who'd delivered them for coaching to the door of a paedophile every weekend, guilt that they'd never been able to tell their partners the source of their nightmares. ', It can now be revealed that police are investigating up to 86 more victims targeted by the monster (pictured), who has already served jail time for abusing another 16 victims. Bennell has always denied abusing Speed, the father of two sons who had played for clubs including Leeds United and Everton. The father-of-two, who was a youth team player at Manchester City before going on to play for Leeds, Everton, Newcastle and Bolton, took charge of the Wales side in February 2011. Almost every victim I spoke to has revealed suicidal thoughts. Other players confirmed they'd seen Bennell do that to punish those who tried to escape his advances. The former Crewe youth coach (pictured far right) will be sentenced on Monday. Gary Speed was one of four men to have killed themselves after being coached by football scout Barry Bennell as children, a court heard. It was the gossip. Gary Cliffe, now 47, yesterday waived his right to anonymity to speak out about the horrendous abuse he suffered at the hands of Barry Bennell. Gary Speed was a top man in UK soccer. Bennell, 64, is believed to have. In the early 80s, cancer patient Bennell also allegedly teamed up with paedophile coach Bruce McLean, who was jailed in 1997. Honestly no way", The granddad said he 'couldn't believe it' when Bennell was unmasked as a paedophile, Gary is pictured during a Liverpool v Everton match in November 1996, In 1998, Bennell, now 62, was jailed for nine years at Chester crown court after admitting 23 charges of sexual offences against six boys aged nine to 15, Former Crewe player Andy Woodward, pictured, waived his anonymity to speak about his abuse at the hands of the coach, Jason Dunford, Steve Walters, Chris Unsworth and Woodward on the Victoria Derbyshire Show, Roger said of his late son Gary: "He was old enough in the head even at that age he knew what he wanted. But after impressing at Crewe, he was scouted for one of Man City's junior teams. Pictured: A 14-year-old Gary Speed as a junior footballer in Manchester. Barry would abuse one of us then turn over and then abuse the other., When asked if he was certain Gary was a victim of Bennell, he added: "One hundred per cent. Famously known by the Family name Gary Andrew Speed, was a great association football player and manager.He was born on 8 September 1969, in Mancot. 'The only confrontation we ever had was over Barry Bennell,' said Fleet. They had 'words' in the hours before the father-of-two was found dead at 7am after returning home from a dinner party at a friend's house. F ormer Wales manager Gary Speed was one of four men who went on to kill themselves after being coached by Barry Bennell, a court has heard. He pleaded guilty to seven child sex offences at the beginning of his trial. He has said previously: "I don't think so. He said there was an ongoing civil case against Manchester City. And the question that still remains [is] how are they going to sanction themselves potentially for their own failings?, The development comes as an Al Jazeera Investigation into the background of a trial, that a former premiership footballer, who killed himself at the, a child victim of the talent-spotting coac, Al Jazeera Centre for Public Liberties & Human Rights. They added: 'The Speed family have been assured that the police investigation at the time was exceptionally thorough and there is no legitimate reason to link Mr Bennell to Mr Speed.'. Gary wouldn't have it. 'That's all we know. GARY Speed was "almost certainly" a victim of paedo coach Barry Bennell, an abused former youth player has claimed as it is revealed cops spoke to him twice. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. Gary wouldn't have it. From 1978 to 1992, Bennell talent-spotted boys aged nine to 14 for junior football teams. The former Wales boss tragically took his own life in 2011 but before his death insisted to officers investigating Bennell that he had never been sexually assaulted. He even stayed at the now- convicted paedophile's Peak District home as a teenager - with other boys - and had an 'alright' time, Speed's father, Roger, told The Telegraph . In Wall of Silence, Speed's former boyhood team-mates speak from their own experience of being 'a special one' while being abused and of seeing Gary treated in the same way. In 2015, he was jailed again for abuse, against David Lean. Lawyer Dino Nocivelli, who is representing several victims, said the clubs "have got quite a large-scale problem on their hands.. Five years later, on November 26, 2011, Gary Speed, the 42-year-old former captain, and then manager, of Wales, was found hanged in his garage. The ex-Wales manager, who took his own life in. A coroner has ruled that there is not enough evidence to suggest that Gary Speed intended to take his own life. He was found guilty of the assault and taking. Victim Gary Cliffe, who was molested while at Manchester City, said: 'If those in positions of responsibility had challenged Bennell, hundreds of wrecked lives could have been saved. He says: 'I saw Gary come and go in Barry's life If you ask me, I would tell you that Gary will have suffered abuse at the hands of Barry.'. A victim of paedophile football coach Barry Bennell has revealed he is '99.9 per cent certain' former Wales boss Gary Speed suffered the same abuse as he did. Speed sent them to Louise at her parents' home in North Wales, personalising . Enter your password to log in. Who was Ukrainian minister Denys Monastyrsky? Four players coached by Bennell including Speed went on to take their own lives, the jury were told. GARY Speed was "almost certainly" a victim of paedo coach Barry Bennell, an abused former youth player has claimed as it is revealed cops spoke to him twice. Three weeks ago the rumours surfaced again when Speed was named at Liverpool Crown Court as one of four players, coached by Bennell as boys, who had killed themselves. Read about our approach to external linking. He said: "On a few occasions, Gary was in the same bed. Gary Speed stayed over at paedophile football coach Barry Bennell's home but was 'too clever' to be a victim of abuse, his dad has suggested. Gary Speed, David Batty, this team, to this youngster, were not normal. Two young lads, with the world at their feet, pose like the professional players they hope to become. Gary's mum Carol told The Mirror last night: "He was interviewed twice by the police and he said nothing had taken place. He told Sportsmail: 'You'd hear it on the coaching circuit. Honestly, no way. Prosecuting Bennell in 1998, Lord Carlile of Berriew accused the club of 'brushing it under the carpet'. Gary Speed was one of four men coached by Barry Bennell who went on to take their own lives, a court has heard. His father Roger said the same thing, insisting at the time: 'I don't think so. Gary Speed was one of four players from Barry Bennell's junior football teams who killed themselves later in life after being coached by the man now charged with multiple sex offences against. I saw Gary come and go in Barrys life,he said. And one of the reasons that people agreed to speak to us about him was because they hoped however difficult it might be to hear, and however much just one factor in the tangle of misery that leads to suicide it might, at last, give his family some closure. The victim said: "Four people from teams I have played with, with Bennell, have taken their own lives. It will be his fourth jail term for similar crimes. Justice has been served - Bennell victims, Man City knew of abuse, Bennell trial told, Ukraine interior ministry leadership killed in crash, 'I saw a burning helicopter circling': 16 killed in Ukraine crash, Italian held in EU bribery probe agrees to tell all. One of my cringe worthy memories is my friend and I as teenagers meeting him when he did a autograph signing with David Batty at a local sport shop and he laughed & joked how we kept queuing up time and time again throughout the day to keep talking to them and asking . Giving evidence at Liverpool Crown Court on Wednesday, a victim of the former youth team football coach said he tried to contact Speed's parents after the Wales manager hanged himself in 2011, aged 42. The scale of the issue has grown by the day since former Crewe player Andy Woodward waived his anonymity to speak about his abuse at the hands of Bennell. Poppy Coburn is a journalist. TV slimming personality and radio DJ Barry Bethell has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a girl he promised to help break into showbusiness. The granddad's latest comments come as the Football Association has stepped up its review into historical child abuse after more than 20 former players came forward with allegations and with up to seven clubs now connected. 'I am so angry at these people in the clubs for letting that go on,' she said. Jug de centrocampista y su primer equipo fue el Leeds United. LEC_CH01(1-10)2ndpas 11/17/2000 11:46 AM Page 1 (Black plate) C H A P T E R 1 HEATING, COOLING, AND LIGHTING AS FORM-GIVERS IN ARCHITECTURE "Two essential qualities of architecture [commodity and delight], handed down from Vitruvius, can be attained more fully when they are seen as continuous, rather than separated, virtues. Gary Speed stayed over at paedophile football coach Barry Bennell's home but was 'too clever' to be a victim of abuse, his dad has suggested. And it emerged a further 86 complaints were now being probed by cops. Was it after abuse by Barry Bennell? The coach would call them 'special' when he showered them with gifts, took them on foreign trips and then made them sleep in his bed where some were indecently assaulted and others raped. Samaritans can be contacted on 116 123 or through samaritans.org, Many people were warned, so how could this vile paedophile have got away with his crimes for so long? Our investigation, Wall of Silence a documentary broadcast on Al Jazeera television and Channel 4 last night, drawing on over 20 years of research suggests the answer to both is yes. Speeds paedophile coach when he was a young boy. Bennell, who was yesterday convicted of the last seven of 50 allegations against him, wanted to 'meet and greet' the young players, inviting them to his house two by two. Gary Andrew Speed ( 8. september 1969 - 27. november 2011 [5]) var en walisisk fodboldspiller og trner. In front of him is Mark Hazeldine, who shared Gary's dreams of footballing glory, On November 26, 2011, Gary Speed (pictured), the 42-year-old former captain, and then manager, of Wales, was found hanged in his garage. Bennell then denies anything happened with Speed, but adds ominously: 'If I did, would I tell you? Kim Harrison, a specialist abuse lawyer from Slater and Gordon, said: 'Serious questions need to be asked about how this dangerous rapist was allowed to carry out years of abuse on so many young boys in plain sight, much as Savile did at the BBC.'. His family issued a statement at when the latest Bennell allegations emerged denying any connection to his death. 'Don't touch him with a bargepole there's something not right about him.' When people are breaking down on the phone, when people are on the verge of suicide, when you hear of people who have taken their own lives.. The former Newcastle and Leeds United midfielder was the manager of Wales when he hanged himself in 2011, aged 42. I was a witness On a few occasions, Gary was in the same bed. Maybe he was naive.'. I was upstairs. Something went wrong, please try again later. Deborah Davies is a reporter with Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit. Bennell, he said, used to take him to watch Manchester City play at their old Maine Road ground and also bought him gifts as well as regular cinema and theatre trips. 'On a few occasions Gary was in the same bed. Direct testimony comes from another man who describes Bennell's vile habit of making two boys share his bed at the same time. Our findings, from several sources including a tape broadcast for the first time suggest differently. Cross-examined by the defence barrister, Eleanor Laws, the man was asked if he had rung the NSPCC line that was set up after Andy Woodwards interview with the Guardian about being another of Bennells victims. Barry Bennell was found guilty of 36 charges on Tuesday and a further seven counts on Thursday, convicted of 43 offences of abusing 11 boys aged eight to 15, Maximum two drinks a week, Canada guidance advises, 15 minutes to defend yourself against the death penalty, Netflix offers $385,000 for private jet attendant, Polar bear kills woman and boy in Alaska village, US porn star declared unfit for sex crimes trial, Prankster disrupts FA Cup coverage with sex noises, World's oldest person, Sister Andr, dies aged 118, Students sent to hospital after doing 400 push-ups, Potential jurors find Musk smart - or 'off his rocker'. Cliffe, now a detective constable after a change of career, is determined there are more victims yet to come forward. At least six footballers have come forward with allegations of sexual abuse following Woodward's revelations. It was there he met his abuser, who joined as coach a few months later. Alan Davies - a Wales international who played for Manchester United and Swansea City - committed suicide in Horton South Wales, on February 4 1992 by carbon monoxide poisoning. Sense of injustice lingers after Seoul Halloween crush, Chess gets a risqu makeover. It is still ongoing, but in a statement released yesterday the club offered its 'heartfelt sympathy' to all victims. The FA and two other footballing bodies were last night accused of ignoring a string of warnings over the behaviour of Barry Bennell (pictured), 64, following his conviction on a total of 43 sex abuse charges, relating to attacks on 11 boys. During the five-week trial, the jury heard that he abused the boys, aged between eight and 15, in his car, at his home and on football tours between 1979 and 1991. They also spoke of their own experiences of feeling compelled to accept Bennells invites to stay at his house, because of their ambitions to succeed in football, where they were assaulted and intimidated into remaining silent over the abuse they suffered and witnessed. A victim of paedophile football coach Barry Bennell has revealed he is '99.9 per cent certain' former Wales boss Gary Speed suffered the same abuse as he did. For other inquiries, Contact Us. One man whom Bennell admitted abusing in 1998 told the court he knew of other boys from the same teams who had been left destitute, suicidal and addicted to drugs or alcohol. The victim, against whom Bennell has admitted one count of indecent assault, said he played for a junior Manchester City team and was abused by Bennell more than 100 times over a four-year period. Earlier this week, Roger revealed he dreams of his grandsons playing professional football. THE father of tragic footballer Gary Speed has said he is "confident" his son was not abused by youth coach Barry Bennell, after unnamed victims claimed they were "99.9 percent" certain . The first impressions, he said, were that Bennell was very charismatic, probably the best footballer Id seen in terms of skills. Gradi, who is currently suspended by the Football Association, has always denied any wrongdoing. While a youth player, Gary Speed was coached by a serial paedophile called Barry Bennell. He became aggressive and turned to drink and drugs. The family of Gary Speed has issued a statement asking that "privacy be respected and unwarranted speculation should please cease." following the conviction of Barry Bennell . One victim who Bennell admitted to abusing in. The Guardian claimed Manchester City ignored warnings about Bennell in the late 1970s. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Another, a former Crewe youth player died from a drug overdose at 20. Another victim, who also requested anonymity, said he witnessed Bennell grooming Speed. Speed shares a joke with Tony Dorigo. Two boys, one team, same coach. Mae dyn a ddioddefodd dan law Barry Bennell, wedi dweud bod cyn rheolwr pl droed Cymru, Gary Speed, wedi bod mewn cysylltiad 'r hyfforddwr pl droed pan oedd yn bl droediwr ifanc.
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