Live updates as paedophile coach Bob Higgins is sentenced for sex abuse on teenage footballers

PREDATORY paedophile ex-football coach Bob Higgins is to be sentenced for 46 charges of indecent assault against 24 teenage boys.

By Matthew Mohan-Hickson and Ben Fishwick

Published 11th Jun 2019, 13:41 BST

Bob Higgins will be sentenced today. Picture: Solent News & Photo Agency

The 66-year-old from Southampton was convicted of sexually abusing schoolboy players during a 25-year period following two trials. He is set to be sentenced at Winchester Crown Court. Follow all the updates in our live blog here: