Crewe Alexandra coach, also known as Richard Jones, was sentenced at Chester Crown Court on Thursday after pleading guilty to three counts of buggery and six counts of indecent assault against two boys at an earlier hearing.
The offences happened between 1979 and 1988 when the victims were aged between 11 and 14. Bennell, wearing a purple jumper, appeared via videolink from HMP Littlehey in Cambridgeshire, where he is serving a 30-year sentence after being convicted of 52 child sexual offences against 12 boys in 2018.
Judge Patrick Thompson said: "You had a respected position as a football coach for professional football clubs including Crewe Alexandra, Manchester City and Stoke City."It was a position you grossly abused in order to use.
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