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Man City launch child sexual abuse compensation scheme for victims of Barry Bennell and John Broome

Manchester City have launched a compensation scheme for survivors of historic child sex abuse, the Premier League club have announced.

City launched a QC-led review in November 2016 into whether the club was used by former youth coach Barry Bennell and "any other individual to facilitate alleged sexual abuse of children from 1964 to the present day".

That review, which is ongoing, led to the "uncovering of serious allegations of child sex abuse in respect of another individual, John Broome."

Bennell, who was a youth team coach with City and Crewe, was last year convicted of 52 offences committed against 12 boys he coached between 1979 and 1991.

Broome, who is now dead, was involved in City's youth set-up in the 1960s.

Barry Bennell (Cheshire Police/PA)

City say the compensation scheme applies to the victims of Bennell and Broome.

  • Additional reporting by the Press Association
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