Barry Bennell inquest: Paedophile football coach and former Man City scout cause of death revealed
manchestereveningnews.co.ukPaedophile former football coach Barry Bennell died in his prison cell while on an 'end-of-life pathway' for cancer of the tonsils, having to write things down to communicate and to be fed with a tube, an inquest heard.
The Manchester-born former Crewe Alexandra coach, who was 69, was found dead by an officer during hourly checks at HMP Littlehey in Cambridgeshire on September 16 last year.
He had been serving a 34-year sentence after being convicted of a number of child sex offences. Bennell, a former Manchester City scout, had legally changed his name to Richard Jones, and Monday's inquest in Huntingdon was held under this name. READ MORE: 'Put up and shut up' - Man City, Everton, Nottingham Forest and the truth behind FFP Premier League chaos Recording a conclusion of natural causes, Cambridgeshire’s area coroner Elizabeth Gray said Bennell had a history of throat cancer from 2004 and had a recurrence in 2016.
She said that a biopsy in early 2023 led to a diagnosis of cancer of the tonsils and at the time of his death his care was palliative.
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