Victims of peado Scots football ref demand public inquiry into historic sexual abuse of young players
dailyrecord.co.ukTwo victims of a paedophile football referee have demanded a public inquiry into the historic sexual abuse of young players in the Scottish game.Peter Haynes and Stuart McMillan were targeted by SFA coach Hugh Stevenson, who died in 2004 aged 66.
Both have given up their right to anonymity and believe there are hundreds of other victims – some as young as six.They are calling on the Scottish Government to hold a judge-led inquiry into what they believe was the wide scale abuse of children by Stevenson and others over decades.Peter, now 58, said: “I would like a public inquiry into child abuse across Scottish football and not just Hugh Stevenson.
These guys were allowed to do what they wanted. I want to know how much the SFA and other football bodies knew about the abuse.“I believe there was a paedophile network operating in Scottish football at that time involving Stevenson and others which was ignored.”Peter said he was 12 when he was first raped by Stevenson in 1979 and the abuse went on for four years, with the attacks taking place at the referee’s home in Paisley.
He has been fighting for justice for more than 30 years after he first went to the police in 1993. Stevenson was arrested and charged but never stood trial.
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