Wednesday, 21 December 2016

Football sexual abuse victims may have been as young as four years old – police

• Police report that detectives are looking at alleged attacks on 429 people
• Figures show that 155 ‘potential suspects’ have been identified

Police investigating allegations of sexual abuse in football say victims may be as young as four years old and that detectives are examining possible attacks on 429 people.

The figures released on Wednesday by police chiefs show that 155 “potential suspects” have been identified and that 148 clubs, at all levels of the game, have been impacted, from the Premier League to amateur clubs.

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from Football | The Guardian http://ift.tt/2hSCfbR