Barry Bennell - It was always in the public interest - David Lean

  Waiving your anonymity , you can’t take it back… It’s now a long time since I waived my right to anonymity, and even longer since I disclosed the sexual abuse I suffered as a 12-year-old boy - at the hands of my football coach Barry Bennell to police, and I suppose, although I have written about my experiences, I feel the time is right now to write this short blog on this important subject, as I feel it’s very important for people to understand how difficult this can be and to ensure you give this some serious thought before you even consider doing so. I suppose I have seen both sides of this; as after I initially disclosed to the police I kept my anonymity right from 04 February 2013, up until my interview with Sky News, which was shown for the first time from 7pm on Monday, 28 November 2016, with the build-up to the interview starting around an hour before. That day, things massively changed for me. So why did I do this, why change my mind? Well, I made the decision initia