PSNI arrest former Celtic kit man in connection with football sex abuse probe

A former football coach has been arrested in the North over sex abuse claims.

Wed, 07 Dec, 2016 - 13:55

A former football coach has been arrested in the North over sex abuse claims.

Jim McCafferty, 71, who was involved in football in Scotland and Ireland from the 1980s, was arrested in Belfast by the PSNI after walking into a police station.

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Courts Heathrow Place: North Place: Scotland Place: Ireland Place: Belfast Place: Wishaw, North Lanarkshire Place: Falkirk Place: Northern Ireland Person: Jim McCafferty Person: McCafferty Person: Deirdre Bones Organisation: PSNI Organisation: Celtic Organisation: Hibs Organisation: Police Scotland

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